The most noble title any child can have, Demosthenes wrote, is Third.

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.

Art cannot save the world, but it does help you understand the world inside of you.

Hello my darling, I’m your real father. I’ve been searching for you ever since you were stolen from me. I love you so much. Daddy

What do you actually need? Food, clothing and shelter. Everything else is entertainment.

For one thing, I am still working as an adviser on fashion, design and colour and stuff.

I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.

It's important to me to say what I really mean.

The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled.

Many blue-collar families struggling to pay rent would be happy to skip paying optional union dues.

Please go on, make your threats. I don't like to submit to mere implication.

Despite all the boosterish talk of globalization breaking down barriers, most writers in Anglo-America are still working within the nationalist assumptions of their traditionally powerful societies.