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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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All these uses a valid; all these reading of the book are "correct". For all these readers have placed themselves inside this story, not as spectators...more

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It was not about physical strength, Wit reminded himself. It was 90 percent mental, 10 percent physical. That's what the SEAL instructors were looking...more

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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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Another oral exam, huh?' Peter said.'Shut up, Peter,' said Valentine.'You should relax and enjoy it,' said Peter. 'It could be worse.''I don't know ho...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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You made them hate me." Said Ender"So? What will you do about it? Crawl in a corner? Start kissing their little backsides so they'll love you again? T...more

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The kid is scary.

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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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Do you know why Satan is so angry all the time? Because whenever he works a particularly clever bit of mischief God uses it to serve his own Rigteous ...more

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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