Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.

If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.

Ethan Wyeth: I hope you're thirsty." Gideon Wyeth:"Why?" Ethan: "Cause your dumb and ugly, but I can do something about thirsty.

I don't care if I pass your test, I don't care if I follow your rules. If you can cheat, so can I. I won't let you beat me unfairly - I'll beat you unfairly first. - Ender

It's called civilization. Women invented it, and every time you men blow it all to bits, we just invent it again.

This is how humans are: We question all our beliefs, except for the ones that we really believe in, and those we never think to question.

Remember, the enemy's gate is down.

I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.

Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along―the same person that I am today.