“I knew her so well that I loved her, or maybe I loved her so well that I knew her. I didn't want to fight her anymore. I wanted to quit. I wanted to go home. So I blew up her planet.”

“I must rejoice that I am part of her, instead of resenting that I am not more of her.”

“What am I now, Alai?""Still good.""At what?""At--anything. There's a million soldiers who'd follow you to the end of the universe.""I don't want to go to the end of the universe.""So where do you want to go? They'll follow you."I want to go home, thought Ender, but I don't know where it is.”

“So I want to ask you a hypothetical question.My favorite kind. Next to rhetorical ones. I can nap equally well through either kind.”

“I knew from the start that I loved her and knew, as well, that I would never fall back from that love, never try, never want to.”

“The little bitch. She didn't have her files in another computer. She kept everything she knew inside her head.”

“I didn't want to see you.""They told me.""I was afraid that I'd still love you.""I hoped that you would.”