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If you did not in your own mind distinguish between useful and erroneous information, then you were not learning at all, you were merely replacing ign...more

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

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That's what Ender has to understand. There really is evil in the world, and wickedness, and every brand of stupidity. There's meanness and heartlessne...more

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You take a step, then another. That’s the journey. But to take a step with your eyes open is not a journey at all, it’s a remaking of your own mind.

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

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As a child of privilege, no one is your friend. They will claim to be your friends, they will laugh at your jokes and invite you to their parties, but...more

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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impos...more

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There was no doubt now in Ender's mind. There was no help for him. Whatever he faced, now and forever, no on ewould save him from it. Peter might be s...more

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So the whole war is because we can't talk to each other.

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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

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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...more

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It had to be a trick or you couldn't have done it.

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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.

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In my dreams," said Ender, "I'm never sure whether I'm really me.