"She wanted to give God credit for every good thing, but when it was bad, then she didn’t mention God or had some reas…"

"He dreamed, as human beings always dreamed — random firings of memory and imagination that the unconscious mind tries…"

"An eye for an eye? How Christian of you." "Unbelievers always want other people to act like Christians."

"I do give the other guy a chance to learn what he’s doing before I insist on perfection."

"The commander must be able to change his plans abruptly when obstacles or opportunities appear. If his army isn’t rea…"

"Somebody has to roll the dice. Mine are the hands that hold those dice. I’m not a bureaucrat, placing my career above…"

"Bean’s powers of analysis were extraordinary. So, also, were his powers of deception. Some of Bean’s guesses weren’t …"

"Ender Wiggin was not larger than life, Bean knew. He was exactly life-sized, and so his larger-than-life burden was t…"

"Ender was what Bean only wished to be — the kind of person on whom you could put all your hopes, who could carry all …"

""Ain't worth a Bean," she said."