Ender began to eat, slowly and carefully, pretending not to notice he was the center of attention.
Running was the way he dreamed. Having never been in control of his life, his idea of freedom was simply to break free. He dreamed of being at the mercy of the wind, carried aloft and blown here and there, a life of true randomness instead of always being part of someone else’s purpose.
I was born with more power inside myself than I ever dreamed. But along with it there came no more sense than any other idiotic kid. Somewhere along in here I need to grow up into a man I can stand to live with. A man who doesn’t just survive, but deserves to.
Buut how to fight with singers, how to win a gift that could only be given freely- those were questions whose answers could not be found.
It is astonishing what can be done when people are truly loyal to each other and eager to meet each other’s needs.
Petra shook her head. “I knew you were stupid, because you became a talk-therapy shrink, which is like becoming a minister of a religion in which you get to be God.
You just live in the place you’re in, you don’t worry about where you used to be or where you wish you were, here is where you are and here’s where you’ve got to find a way to survive.
No point in getting emotional about anything. Being emotional didn’t help with survival. What mattered was to learn everything, analyze the situation, choose a course of action, and then move boldly. Know, think, choose, do.
He was cold and tired, but he ignored the cold. Around him stars shone. Some bright, some dim, the most constant things in life. Segundo smiled up at them, happy at least to be dying among friends.
We don’t use the word ‘intelligence’ with software. We regard that as a naive idea. We say that it’s ‘complex.’ Which means that we don’t always understand what it’s doing.
You get all the pleasures of the puppeteer.
It was the waiting and watching that cost the most. For during that time he had to endure.
I carry the seeds of death within me and plant them wherever I linger long enough to love. My parents died so others could live; now I live, so others must die.
Unless he’s really clever,” said Theresa. “Smarter than us?” said Peter. He and John Paul looked at each other. Then both of them shook their heads, said, “Naw,” and then burst out laughing.
Isolation is – the optimum environment for creativity.
These other armies, they aren’t the enemy. It’s the teachers, they’re the enemy.
Fairness is a wonderful attribute, Major Anderson. It has nothing to do with war.
The enemy’s gate was down.
My needs are simple and few, thought Valentine. Food. Clothing. A comfortable place to sleep. And no idiots!
Maybe that’s who you are, what you remember.” – Valentine.