Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
I always tell the truth about what I’m selling, and then nobody buys it.
One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.
It is in the turmoil of chaos that we discover what, if anything, we are.
You can’t answer what I said, so you’re going to talk about my saying it.
It's the middle class that feels the luxury of being able to have causes.
The only way to retrieve a secret,once known, is to replace it with a lie.
Don’t win loyalty, just obedience, and only while the lash is in the room.
It is the essence of dignity to pretend to desire what you cannot prevent.
Once you have the gallows, you'll find new reasons to hang people from it.
I have hope for you, if only because you're the only one left to hope for.
With life. Rooter says that life is how God gives purpose to the universe.
It just gripes me hollow, the way God always sneaks in to take the credit.
War was never so careful as to inflict suffering only where it was merited.
I taught you everything you know. But I didn't teach you everything I know.
The world was full of locked doors, and he had to get his hand on every key.
I've seen Australia and I've lived on an asteroid and I'd take the asteroid.
There is no society that does not highly value fictional storytelling. Ever.
A duel is just two murders who agree to take turns trying to kill each other.
Sickness and healing are in every heart; death and deliverance in every hand.
Religion makes them crazy. Not a woman I ever met wasn't crazy with religion.
I'm never impossible. The most I ever allow myself is to be somewhat unlikely.
I always tell what I believe. Whether it's true, I'm no more sure than any man.
Aw, Poke, you poor, kind, decent, stupid girl. You saved me and I let you down.
He would always speak the language of the heart with an awkward foreign accent.
Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going.
A library is the first step of a thousand journeys, portal to a thousand worlds.
Oh, I'll live Ender's life, too. It's so much more interesting than my own." ~Val
Isn’t that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want?
It's easy to manipulate your children when they're absolutely sure you're stupid.
a lot of human behavior was really acting out our responses to dangers long past.
Even the most introverted person alive is constantly hungry for human association
Faith doesn't mean you never doubt. It only means you never act upon your doubts.
It wasn't so bad being a slave when your owner was yourself and stood up for you.
And then he thought: Is this how idiots rationalize their stupidity to themselves?
I own the whole world, and folks haven't been keeping up too well on the payments.
I don't believe that there are aliens. I believe there are really different people.
Everybody dies. What matters is what you do between now and when it happens to you.
If desire did not dim the brain, nobody would ever get married, drunk, or fat. ~Val
I'm neutral on lying, seeing as how there's times when the truth just hurts people.
Every day people judge all other people. The question is whether they judge wisely.
Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.
Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be.
Life is full of grief, to exactly the degree we allow ourselves to love other people.
Some men are great enough that they can love a whole woman, and not just part of her.
We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.
A character is what he does, yes - but even more, a character is what he means to do.
I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.
That's the problem with winning right from the start, thought Ender. you lose friends.
How clever of me. I have found such a pathway into hell that I can never get back out.
Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.