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There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good', to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole communit...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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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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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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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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It had to be a trick or you couldn't have done it.

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You don't know what would have happened if I hadn't pushed. Nobody knows. I did it the way I did it, and it worked. Above all, it worked.

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In my dreams," said Ender, "I'm never sure whether I'm really me.