Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow

These books are so sick!!  They intrigue the beegies out of you.  They have some awesome quotes that make you think REALLY hard.  Here's just a little sample.

"You made them hate me."
"So? what will you do about it? Crawl into a corner? Start kissing their little backsides so they'll love you again? There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you."


"I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves."


"I am your enemy, the first one you've ever had who was smarter than you. There is no teacher but the enemy. No one but the enemy will ever tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will ever teach you how to destroy and conquer. Only the enemy shows you where you are weak. Only the enemy tells you where he is strong. And the rules of the game are what you can do to him and what you can stop him from doing to you. I am your enemy from now on. From now on, I am your teacher."

If you can't do it twice, you can't do it at all.


Nobody controls his own life. The best you can do is choose to be controlled by good people, by people who love you.

I have two brothers so this one hits home:

The thing with brothers is, you're supposed to take turns being the keeper.  Sometimes you get to sit down and be the brother who is kept.