Cover your butt. Bernard is watching.
I've had enough adventures," said Noxon, "to know that boredom is the closest thing to happiness. Boredom means that there's nothing wrong. You're not hungry, you're not in pain. Nobody's making any d...
Human: That's stupid. Isn't there grass on both sides?
You know how writers are... they create themselves as they create their work. Or perhaps they create their work in order to create themselves.
That's the problem with winning right from the start, thought Ender. you lose friends.
Once you realize that power will always end up with the sort of people who crave it, I think that there are worse people who could have it than Peter.
My father always said that government is like watching another man piss in your boot. Someone feels better but it certainly isn't you.
Might-have-beens are a bitch.
Maybe that's who you are, what you remember. - Valentine
Love is random; fear is inevitable.
It is easy to say that you can adopt the whole human race as your children, but it is not the same as living in a home with a child and shaping all you do to help him learn to be happy and whole and g...
Issib wasn't thrilled to see him. I'm busy and don't need interruptions. This is the household library, said Nafai. This is where we always come to do research. See? You're interrupting already. Look,...
I think Bonzo died. I dreamed about it last night. I remembered the way he looked after I jammed his face with my head. I think I must have pushed his nose back into his brain. The blood was coming ou...
I know that you are wise. When you hear a true story, there is a part of you that responds to it regardless of art, regardless of evidence…You believe that the story is true, because you responded to...
I carry the seeds of death within me and plant them wherever I linger long enough to love.
Home was merely a dull ache in the back of his memory. A tiredness in his eyes.
He could see Bonzo's anger growing hot. Hot anger was bad. Ender's anger was cold, and he could use it. Bonzo's was hot, and so it used him.
But Father has also taught him: Treat a man as if he had a fine reputation to protect, and he will usually endeavor to deserve it.
When you hear a true story, there is a part of you that responds to it regardless of art, regardless of evidence. Let it be the most obvious fabrication and you will still believe whatever truth is in...
Wang-mu fell silent, but not because she was embarrassed. She simply had nothing to say, and therefore said nothing.