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He was cold and tired, but he ignored the cold. Around him stars shone. Some bright, some dim, the most constant things in life. Segundo smiled up at ...more

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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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It made Ender listen more carefully to what people meant, instead of what they said. It made him wise.

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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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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.

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Human beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do something. Maybe humanity needs me—to find out what you're good...more

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Nights were so real that days began to seem dreamlike to him

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There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you.

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

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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