"There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good', to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole communit...
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"I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.
"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.
"I didn't know how you'd get us out of that last one. But you did. You were good.
"Don't make fun of me!" Ender said. "I'm afraid I'm going crazy.
"We are wise to be cautious, but I suggest we prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
"Guils is the greatest weapon vecause its cuts rarely heal and it aims for the heart
"Everyone was always in such a rush to shoot forward that they never took the time to look back. Which was a mistake. If you wanted to avoid snags, kin...
"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...
"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...
"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 ...
"I'll become exactly the tool you want me to be, said Ender silently, but at least I wont be fooled into it. I'll do it because I choose to, not becaus...
"As the doctor treated the wound, Mazer said, " I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school.
"It had to be a trick or you couldn't have done it.
"You don't know what would have happened if I hadn't pushed. Nobody knows. I did it the way I did it, and it worked. Above all, it worked.