One bachelor is an irritation. Ten thousand bachelors are a war.

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.

Man to woman

No turtle can be a revolutionist, because revolution requires high speed!

Enjoy being you. Have fun. And be different.

I think America has to do more than be a broker now. Because both the Palestinians are weak and Israel is very weak.

Jace, There is no wedding! Stop Isabelle! Sit on her if you have to. Just stop her from doing whatever she's doing or I can never come home. -Alec

Literature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.

I want a better world, I want love and harmony amongst people no matter what color you are, what race or what background you come from or sexual orientation.

A body of 500 men chosen at random from amongst the unemployed.

I feel with ELP that I wasn't making the most of my life and I wasn't making the most of my creativity. I was marking time. I don't want to do that. Life is to short.

No one should be rich except those who understand it.