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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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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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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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So from then on, he looked at all his choices and said, What would a good person do, and then did it. But he has now learned something very important ...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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Is it some law of human nature that you inevitably become whatever your first commander was?

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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.

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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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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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I came because I've spent my whole life in the company of the brother that I hated. Now I want a chance to know the brother that I love, before it's t...more

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I'll go from world to world until I find a time and place where you can come awake in safety. And I'll tell your story to my people, so that perhaps i...more

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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him...

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We don't punish the ones who fail. They just-don't go on,

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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impos...more

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Carn Carby left, and ender mentally added him to his private list of people who also qualified as human beings.