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Stories are invented as you go along...

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Human: That's stupid. Isn't there grass on both sides?

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Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls his own life, Ender. The best you can do is choose to fill the roles given you by good people, by people wh...more

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Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.

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Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf. Survival first, then happiness as we can manage it.

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While you're governing the colony and I'm writing political philosophy, They'll never guess that in the darkness of night we sneak into each other's r...more

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The Buggers have finally, finally learned that we humans value each and every individual human life. We don’t throw our forces away because every sold...more

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That's what so many people didn't understand about life. The real world is the one within the walls of homes; the outside world, of careers and politi...more

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He loved her, as you can only love someone who is an echo of yourself at your time of deepest sorrow.

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Hive Queen: They never know anything. They don't have enough years in their little lives to come to an understanding of anything at all. And yet they ...more