CosmicBob

“It’s killers they need for the bugger wars. It’s people who can grind the enemy’s face into the dust and spatter their blood all over space. Well, I’m your man. I’m the bloody bastard you wanted when you had me spawned. I’m your tool, and what difference does it make if I hate the part of me that you most need?”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

“In my view, suicide is not really the wish for life to end.” “What is it, then?” “It is the only way a powerless person can find to make everybody else look away from his shame. The wish is not to die, but to hide.” “As Adam and Eve hid from the Lord.” “Because they were naked.” “If only such sad people could remember: Everyone is naked. Everyone wants to hide. But life is still sweet. Let it go on.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Shadow

“We are training to command ships in combat, not here in the solar system, but lightyears away. They sent the pilots and the captains, but the admirals who will command them are still back here. At FleetCom. They had generations to find the right commanders, and we’re the ones. It left him”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Shadow

“From the ashes of its former self, the phoenix rises anew, reborn and renewed. It reminds us that even in our darkest moments, there is always hope, always a chance to begin again.”
― Nicoleclaire C., Guardians of Glyndor: The Disappearing Creatures