I think you can't possibly know the truth about somebody unless you love them.
I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not true because we're hungry for another kind of truth: the mythic truth about human nature in general, the particular truth about...
I saw what Andrew did in our family. I saw that he came in and listened and watched and understood who we were, each individual one of us. He tried to discover our need and then supply it. He took res...
He toyed with the idea of trying to be like the other boys. But he couldn’t think of any jokes, and none of theirs seemed funny. Wherever their laughter came from, Ender couldn’t find such a place in...
But now, well, he keeps telling me that solitude is the foundation of true wisdom, that all the brilliant thoughts in this house come as the desperate cry of one human being to another, saying, Know m...
But I fear that I also underestimate the stupidity of the rest of mankind. Are we absolutely sure that we ought to win this war?
As he thought of it, though, he could not imagine what just living might actually be. He had never done it in his life. But he wanted to do it anyway.
As a species, we have evolved to survive. And the way we do it is by straining and straining and, at last, every few generaitons, giving brith to genius. The one who invents the wheel. And light. And...
And yet.. even if you had been right, it would only have been by accident. A broken clock is right two times a day.
And always Ender carried with him a dry white cocoon, looking for a place where the hive-queen could awaken and thrive in peace. He looked a long time.
A strange thing happened then. The Speaker agreed with her that she had made a mistake that night, and she knew when he said the words that it was true, that his judgment was correct. And yet she felt...
A duel is just two murders who agree to take turns trying to kill each other.
¿Lo ves? Eso es lo que hacen los historiadores, hacen juegos con la causa y el efecto, cuando el asunto es que hay períodos en los que el mundo cambia, y la voz precisa en el lugar preciso puede mover...
All the others knew that he had a mind, knew that he was capable of understanding ideas. What will new people think when they see me? They’ll see a body that’s already atrophying, hunched over; they’l...
You’re not a human being until you value something more than the life of your body. And the greater the thing you live and die for the greater you are.
You were faster than me. Better than me. I was too old and cautious. Any decent person who knos waht warfare is can never go into battle with a whole heart. But you didn't know. We made sure youo didn...
You want to beat Peter? she askedNo, he answered Beat the buggers. Then come home and see who notices Peter Wiggen anymore. Look him in the eye when all the world loves and reveres you. That'll be def...
You get used to being naked, that's the first thing that Ivan discovered. Crashing through thick brush with branches snagging at your bare skin, you stop worrying about who's looking and and spend you...
You don't know how to love people. You only know how to own them. And because people will never act just like you want them to, Mother, you'll always feel betrayed. And because eventually everybody di...
When there aren’t any smart decisions, I suppose you just have to pick the stupid decision you like best.