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Stories are invented as you go along...

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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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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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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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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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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...more

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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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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