There are not so many murders in this township, I think to myself, and not so few policemen, that a killing should be treated like an old woman who has lost her cat.

Difficult times do not produce gentility, as if there is an angle hovering over the world of the oppressed.

There was a sudden stillness like the gap between ticks on a clock, but the next tick never coming.

It made Ender listen more carefully to what people meant, instead of what they said. It made him wise.

Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.

The best time to start was last year. Failing that, today will do.

It is difficult to attack me directly on religion because I never speak of it. Formally I am a strict observer of decorum and in public affairs it is my principle to uphold religion.

Your labor only may be sold, your soul must not.

We do need to rethink privacy. I think we need to fall back on (former Supreme Court Justice) Felix Frankfurter's definition of privacy which is, "Privacy is the right to be left alone."

Be patient with all that is uncertain in your heart...do not search for answers, which will not be given: you will not be able to live them, and its importat to live everything.

Falsehood always endeavors to copy the mien and attitude of truth.

Having limits to push against is how you find out what you can do.