“Thank God for you, Ender. Thank God.”

“I love you Ender. More than ever. No matter what you decide.”

“Thank you for this, Peter. For dry eyes and silent weeping. You taught me how to hide anything I felt. More than ever, I need that now.”

“I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school.”

“For the first time in his life, a teacher was pointing out things that Ender had not already seen for himself. For the first time, Ender had found a living mind he could admire.”

“Poke gave him life. Ender gave it meaning.”

“We're not taking odds on it,” said Ender. “Nothing that actually happens is likely until it exists, and then it's certain. You exist.”