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

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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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I imagine it feels like bathing in ice to the person touching her. But how does it feel to her? Cold as she is, it must surely burn like fire.

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

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Does it help if we're so strong-willed, stubborn, ambitious, and selfish that we always overcome everything in our way no matter what?" asked Wang-mu....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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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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For the first time in his life, a teacher was pointing out things that Ender had not already seen for himself. For the first time, Ender had found a l...more

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As he thought of it, though, he could not imagine what "just living" might actually be. He had never done it in his life. But he wanted to do it anywa...more