Human beings do metamorphose. They change their identity constantly. However, each new identity thrives on the delusion that it was always in possession of the body it has just conquered.

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.

I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it

Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way.

I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid.

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.

She was crushed by society like a mosquito fending for its unborn young

If I die tomorrow, you aren't allowed to say my life was cut short at age 25. I did more in those years than most people will ever do.

The effective leader recognizes that she is more dependent on her people than they are on her. Walk softly.

We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.

Language is the main instrument of man's refusal to accept the world as it is.

The sign of a great man is that the closer you get, the greater he seems.

Drawbacks are good when you are on holiday. If the holiday were too good you might not want to go home again.

If you draft me, you'll never regret it.

I pant, I sink, I tremble, I expire!

Nobody ever told me, I found out for myself, You gotta believe in foolish miracles, it's not how you play the game, it's if you win or lose, you can choose, don't confuse, win or lose.