I think the friendship and mutual admiration between the prime minister and the president will facilitate that.

I would carry some of it if I could, Bean said silently. Like I did today, you can turn it over to me and I’ll do it, if I can. You don’t have to do this alone.

Only even as he thought this, Bean knew it wasn’t true. If it could be done, Ender was the one who would have to do it. All those months when Bean refused to see Ender, hid from him, it was because he couldn’t bear to face the fact that Ender was what Bean only wished to be — the kind of person on whom you could put all your hopes, who could carry all your fears, and he would not let you down, would not betray you.

I want to be the kind of boy you are, thought Bean. But I don’t want to go through what you’ve been through to get there.

If you write music that is touching enough, you will win people's admiration despite your limitation in technical respects.

If a man could mount to heaven and survey the mighty universe, his admiration of its beauties would be much diminished unless he had some one to share in his pleasure

Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.

You will always hear the people who tell you that you are nothing; that you cannot accomplish anything, that you will fail, that you will never amount to anything, and that you will never reach your dreams. The one you don't hear is the person who would hoist you on their shoulders to prove everyone else wrong.