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Where loyalty bound creatures together, they became something larger, something new and whole and inexplicable.

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So she retreated into herself, rebuilt the damaged pathways of her mind, explored long-unvisited memories, wandered among the trillions of human lives...more

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I once heard a tale of a man who split himself in two.The one part never changed at all; the other grew and grew.The changeless part was always true, ...more

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Someday stars will wind down or blow up. Someday death will cover us all like the water of a lake and perhaps nothing will ever come to the surface to...more

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[No single] explanation will ever contain the final answer for all time, for all hearers. There is always, ALWAYS more to learn.

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We are only human when we are part of a community. ... I tried to isolate you, but it could not be done. I surrounded you with hostility; you took mos...more

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In philosophy class I think we finally decided that 'good' is an infinitely recursive term - it can't be defined except in terms of itself. Good is go...more

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You are the least-alone person I have ever known. Your heart has always included within it everyone who let you love them, and many who did not.

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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.

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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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You made them hate me." Said Ender"So? What will you do about it? Crawl in a corner? Start kissing their little backsides so they'll love you again? T...more

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Being here alone with nothing to do, I've been thinking about myself too. Trying to understand why I hate myself so badly.

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I came because I've spent my whole life in the company of the brother that I hated. Now I want a chance to know the brother that I love, before it's t...more

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That's why he hates you, because you didn't suffer when he tried to punish you.

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I'll go from world to world until I find a time and place where you can come awake in safety. And I'll tell your story to my people, so that perhaps i...more