The Earth is deep, and right to the heart it's alive. We people only live on the top, like the bugs that live on the scum of the still water near the shore.
That's the problem with Peter, said Theresa.Only the one? said Peter.
Sometimes, what's right is not peaceful or passive. What matters is that you do not hide from the consequences. You bear what must be borne.
So that's it? asked the expendable.Final decision, said Ram. And it's the right one.Why do you think so?Because we live or die, we'll learn something important from jumping into the fold. Thousands of...
Sickness and healing are in every heart; death and deliverance in every hand.
Parents always make their worst mistakes with the oldest children. That’s when parents know the least and care the most, so they’re more likely to be wrong and also more likely to insist that they’re...
Only stupid men trying to seem smart need to be with dumb women. Only weak men trying to look strong are attracted to compliant women.
Nobody ever completely means what they say. Even when they think they're telling the truth, there's always something hidden behind their words.
My needs are simple and few, thought Valentine. Food. Clothing. A comfortable place to sleep. And
Just one more example of why a commander who ruled by fear and made all the decisions himself would always be beaten, sooner or later.
It was not right, thought Han Fei-tzu, for his wife to die before him: her ancestor-of-the-heart had outlived her husband. Besides, wives should live longer than husbands. Women were more complete ins...
It [seed of doubt] made Ender listen to what people meant, instead of what they said. It made him wise.
Isn’t that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want?
Intellectual understanding does not always bring visceral belief.
In the silence, the bear died. It was a cute death, with funny music.
If you had any brains, you’d be in a real career, like selling life insurance.
If you could make them feel as you can make me feel, then perhaps they could forgive you.
If words can be lethal weapons, I must provide them with an arsenal.
If one has to say, in an argument, I am intelligent! I do know things! then one might as well stop arguing.
I've had your tears with mine, and you've had mine with yours. I think that's more intimate even than a kiss.