“We are the sum of all people we have ever met; you change the tribe and the tribe changes you.”

“the future doesn't care what you wish.”

“Happiness is the exception-joy a rarity-the normal feeling most human beings have is discontent or longing... maybe there's an evolutionary purpose.”

“You don't get married for yourself, you get married because you're better together than separate.”

“Aber hey, es ist ja nur eine Familie. Es ist ja nur meine Familie. Es ist ja nur alles.”

“Das Leben ist Krieg. Der Krieg hat uns alle leer gemenscht, kaputtgeKRIEGt.Das Leben ist kein Krieg, sondern Sehnsucht, irgendwas zwischen Verachtung und Liebe!Das Leben ist Krebs, er zieht Metastasenstraßen durch meinen Leib.Das Leben ist Konzentrationsamok, ein Garten rot blühender Neurosen.Und ich bin der Menschenkarton mit chemischem Inhalt.All das geschrien, während Genitalien sich duellieren ...”

“The tribe is whatever we believe it is. If we say the tribe is all the Little Ones in the forest, and all the trees, then that is what the tribe is. Even though some of the oldest trees here came from warriors of two different tribes, fallen in battle. We become one tribe because we say we're one tribe."Ender marveled at his mind, this small raman [member of another sentient species]. How few humans were able to grasp this idea, or let it extend beyond the narrow confines of their tribe, their family, their nation.”