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Besides," said Suriyawong. "This was not a rescue operation.""What was it, target practice? Chinese skeet?""An offer of transportation to an invited g...more

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How much time? Not as much as I had yesterday.

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And were you punished? No. Why? Because you were rich.""Money and talent aren't the same thing.""That’s because you can inherit money that was earned ...more

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You don't have to eat the entire turd to know that it's not a crab cake.

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Death is not a tragedy to the one who dies; to have wasted the life before that death, that is the tragedy.

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No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their ...more

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When you walk on the face of a world, then forgiveness comes.

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He was not prepared to deal with my mistake, thought Jane, and he did not understand the suffering his response would cause me. He is innocent of wron...more

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I think you don't grow up until you stop worrying about other people's purposes or lack of them and find the purposes you believe in for yourself.

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The only teacher that's worth anything to you is your enemy.

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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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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