No book, however good, can survive a hostile reading.

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.

Ender didn't like fighting. He didn't like Peter's kind, the strong against the weak, and he didn't like his own kind either, the smart against the stupid.

I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.

There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can change the world.

Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along―the same person that I am today.

If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.

I taught you everything you know. But I didn't teach you everything I know.

Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.

Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.

Peter, you're twelve years old. I'm ten. They have a word for people our age. They call us children and they treat us like mice.

Before Any Fall, The Original Plan Is Already Initiated For His Purpose

Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That's what I've been doing all my life.

Some of Eminem's rap songs kind of have the teenage love songs like the fifties love songs. It's kind of like domestic drama set to music. He is really good storyteller.

You don't love perfectly without first loving imperfectly.

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.

Education is the best weapon through which we can fight poverty, ignorance and terrorism.

One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

It's exciting setting goals and moving forward with them.