"For a while we pondered whether to take a vacation or get a divorce. We decided that a trip to Bermuda is over in two weeks, but a divorce is something you always have."

"Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable."

"There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?"

"I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me."

"My education was dismal. I went to a series of schools for mentally disturbed teachers."

"Thought: why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only for food: frequently there must be a beverage."

"Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind."

"lovers alone wear sunlight"

"A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking (meant) for others!"

"Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls his own life, Ender. The best you can do is choose to be controlled by good people, by people who love you."

"My name is Legion."

"The only thing worse than the fear of death is the fear of a wasted life."