Where loyalty bound creatures together, they became something larger, something new and whole and inexplicable.

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.

Beauty is truth, truth beauty

Nothing is as important as your calling and purpose in life.

...[T]he United States is the land of formal democratic enclosure...

Nature is not kind

Giving back is the right thing to do, whether it's donating clothing or even just a smile to someone who needs it.

I have no role models. Many heroes. I have an enormous capacity for hero worship.

He that has patience may compass anything.

They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.

I hate being the only mortal in a gathering full of Immortals who think killing each other cleverly is the height of good manners.

Life becomes precious and more special to us when we look for the little everyday miracles and get excited about the privileges of simply being human