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Stories are invented as you go along...

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Your motivation has to be rock solid. You have to want it so bad that even th threat of death won't take it from you.

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I didn't know how you'd get us out of that last one. But you did. You were good.

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Perhaps a physicist would know at once why this whole idea was absurd. But then, perhaps a physicist would be so locked into the consensus of his scie...more

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Don't make fun of me!" Ender said. "I'm afraid I'm going crazy.

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By deciding that they would study only that which could be verified under controlled conditions, they had merely limited their field of endeavor. Most...more

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Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

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My father once told methat there are no gods;only the cruel manipulationsof evil peoplewho pretended that their power was goodand their exploitation w...more

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We are wise to be cautious, but I suggest we prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

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Guils is the greatest weapon vecause its cuts rarely heal and it aims for the heart

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

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A good commander, thought Ender, doesn't have to make stupid threats.

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As he thought of it, though, he could not imagine what "just living" might actually be. He had never done it in his life. But he wanted to do it anywa...more

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who would expect less?" she said. " You're a Wiggin." " Whatever that means." He said. " It means that you are going to make a difference in the world...more

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He woke up and fought another battle and won. Then he went to bed and slept again and dreamed again and then he woke up and won again and slept again ...more