I think you don't grow up until you stop worrying about other people's purposes or lack of them and find the purposes you believe in for yourself.

No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts, had some generous act that redeems them, at least a little, from their sins.

He is dangerous, he is beautiful, I could drown in his understanding.

I’m not one to despise other people for their sins. I haven’t found one yet, that I didn’t say to myself, I’ve done worse than this.

We're going to make him the best military commander in history. And then put the fate of the world on his shoulders.

Ender leaned his head against the wall of the corridor and cried until the bus came. I am just like Peter. Take my monitor away, and I am just like Peter.