War was never so careful as to inflict suffering only where it was merited.

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.

The truth stinks. Thus it's covered.

what is a journeywithout someone who wandersif sometimes a pairis made of two

It's hopeless. And it's stupid. It's suicidal. But love is a weapon they have no answer for. They know how you think, but they can't know what you feel.

Jesus loves me, this I know.

Cats, I always think, only jump into your lap to check if you are cold enough, yet, to eat.

If anyone tries to complicate your life, turn and walk away from them.

And his six pawns were scattered like the ships of the Armada that should have conquered England; the Lord blew, and they were all isolated.

When we are made right with God, we begin to think right, we begin to talk right, and we begin to act right.

We had to figure out how to produce books in a cost-effective way.

The students at Gallaudet University deserve our congratulations. They educated the nation about deafness, and won a long overdue victory for all disabled people.