There are miracles even reactivity can't pull off, Ender

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.

You better start swimming, or you'll sink like a stone. Because the Time's they are a-changing.

Remember, there are cookies waiting here for you.

Bernier turned in her chair, smiled, and shook their hands. Dana’s heart skipped a beat as she stood inches away from one of New York’s most glamorous and adored women.

God is the guarantee of our security.

If a man is not made for God, why is he happy only in God?

If you don't feel you're the best, then you shouldn't be doing your job. No one else cares if you don't care about yourself.

The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission.

Where am I and doing what? You might well ask. Freaky chick, you say? You can't imagine. I am priestess of a sandcastle in a land of dust and starlight.

Silk didn't care if it slid over scars or smooth, untouched skin. I'd earned my right to be paranoid.

I believe the day is done. Whether it's been the best day or the worst, it's over; let it go.