These are your beautiful days, Julia Beckett," he promised softly.

But life, if nothing else, had taught her promises weren't always to be counted on, and what appeared at first a shining chance might end in bitter disappointment.

The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die.

Ye'll never best your fears until ye face them

A grieving person's like a person treading in deep water--if they've nothing to hold on to, they lose hope. They slide right under.

Hope rarely enters into it. 'Tis action moves the world.

So, you see, my heart is held forever by this place," she said. "I cannot leave.

Whatever time we have," he said, "it will be time enough.

Tis never the place, but the people one shares it with who are the cause of our happiest memories.

The world becomes a wider place, with but a little learning.

Life is always uncertain,'he said with a shrug. 'We cannot let the fear of what might happen stop us living as we choose.

Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls his own life, Ender. The best you can do is choose to fill the roles given you by good people, by people who love you.

Being in prison for seven years was like being in an army that never drilled, never deployed, and only fought itself.

The nation can no longer afford to continue policies that hasten the flight of persons to the distant suburbs.

Grief and memory go together. After someone dies, that's what you're left with. And the memories are so slippery yet so rich.

Take the American declaration of Independence. It contains no mention of territorial limits. We are not obliged to fix the limits of the State.

God never sends us more than we can handle.

Thou art figured blind, and yet we borrow our best sight from thee.

I am aware of the thesis that the United States has long since invested exclusively in stability and this has obviated democratic transformation in the Middle East.

You see, I get such fun out of thinking that I don't want to destroy this most pleasant machine that makes life such a big kick.

There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude.