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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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I didn't know how you'd get us out of that last one. But you did. You were good.

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

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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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Religion is tied to the deepest feelings people have. The love that arises from that stewing pot is the sweetest and strongest, but the hate is the ho...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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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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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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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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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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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.