We were all fated to die, and so it is good that at least we can be sure our deaths today might bring about a good end, might make the world a better place.

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.

If seeds waited for perfect conditions to grow, there would be no plants in the desert.

I must have some sort of record in failing to get into the charts.

That's what culture is based on, the passing down of a certain narrative by imitation.

Let me say to you what I said once, in an entirely different context to Catherine the Great," Magnus declared. "My dear lady, you cannot afford me,and also, please leave that horse alone. Good night.

People for the most part can smell lies.

There is no significant idea which cannot be explained to an intelligent twelve year old boy in fifteen minutes.

Is the world crucified to you or does it fascinate you?

I hope in my book [My Beloved World], that the sense that I really feel connected comes through.