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

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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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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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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

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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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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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There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can change the world.

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Nights were so real that days began to seem dreamlike to him

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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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That's the problem with winning right from the start, thought Ender. you lose friends.