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He spent the afternoon alone in the streets.

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Since we are not yet fully comfortable with the idea that people from the next village are as human as ourselves, it is presumptuous in the extreme to...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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Ethan Wyeth: I hope you're thirsty."Gideon Wyeth:"Why?"Ethan: "Cause your dumb and ugly, but I can do something about thirsty.

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Ulysses was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.

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My mind, my logical, practical, reasoning mind, is peeing in his mind pants.

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It is easy to say that you can adopt the whole human race as your children, but it is not the same as living in a home with a child and shaping all yo...more

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There are rules to everything, even if nobody made them up, even if nobody calls it a game. And if you want things to work out well, it's best to know...more

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Colonel Graff: We won! That's all that matters.Ender Wiggin: No. The way we win matters.

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No book, however good, can survive a hostile reading.

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We thought we were the only thinking beings in the universe, until we met you, but never did we dream that thought could arise from the lonely animals...more

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The kid is scary.

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Ender began to eat, slowly and carefully, pretending not to notice he was the center of attention.

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Madness, and then illumination.

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That's what so many people didn't understand about life. The real world is the one within the walls of homes; the outside world, of careers and politi...more