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.

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.

We give up too soon. The sure way to succeed is to endure to the very end.

Poor people can't understand this: It's not what you do that creates a fortune, but who you are.

One of the perils of life is to be asked a question which the wisest of them cannot answer. But a smile does the job.

This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it.

Self-denial is painful for a moment but very agreeable in the end.

You don't get to decide your part in the school play, but you do get to decide whether or not you play it well.

Sometimes the right thing gets done for the wrong reason and sometimes, unfortunately, the wrong thing gets done for the right reason.

Passion gives you an advantage over others, because one person with passion is greater than ninety-nine who have only an interest!

If this were a simpler matter, I'd have eliminated everyone else by now.

That's what's great about animation: It's collegial, and it's all about collaboration. Any good animated film is good for animation.