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There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.
I didn't want to see you." "They told me." "I was afraid that I'd still love you." "I hoped that you would.
Death is not a tragedy to the one who dies; to have wasted the life before that death, that is the tragedy.
I'm not a liar, sir,' she said. "'No, I'm sure you sincerely become whatever it is you're pretending to be.
Oh no, real life is escape. The great terrors, the horrors--we hope--of your life come from reading fiction.
I'm not stupid!" In Bean's experience, that was a sentence never uttered except to prove its own inaccuracy.
I've had your tears with mine, and you've had mine with yours. I think that's more intimate even than a kiss.
Knowing something may be a terrible burden to bear, but it holds no danger to them as aren't afraid of truth.
Make friends. Be a leader. Kiss butts if you have to, but if the other guys despise you-you know what I mean?
Others find humanity by looking in their own hearts. Only lost souls need to search for it outside themselves.
Where loyalty bound creatures together, they became something larger, something new and whole and inexplicable.
The most evil creatures dont desire the destruction of everythingthey only desire to exploit it for themselves.
Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way.
What you are is a man who means to be good, and undo the bad he's done, and that's as good as any man ever gets.
There's a sort of rage a man feels when he's been deceived where he most trusted. It compares to no other anger.
There's always hope... even when there isn't faith. And sometimes, without hope or faith, there must be charity.
If only we were wiser or better people, perhaps the gods would explain to us the mad, unbearable things they do.
Maybe she couldn't know who she was today. Maybe it was enough to know that she was no longer who she was before.
It's called civilization. Women invented it, and every time you men blow it all to bits, we just invent it again.
I don't freeze up because it isn't my battle. I'm helping. I'm watching. But I'm free. Because it's Ender's game.
because if you can’t kill then you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and no one will ever save you.
If you listen very carefully, you can hear the good fairy come in the night and leave our assignment for tomorrow.
There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can change the world.
And yet.. even if you had been right, it would only have been by accident. A broken clock is right two times a day.
It is a common trait of primates to become submissive and even worshipful toward one who has the power to kill them.
Human beings may be miserable specimens, in the main, but we can learn, and, through learning, become decent people.
It will hurt." said Petra. "But let's make the most of what we have, and not let future pain ruin present happiness.
I've got a pretty good idea what children are, and we're not children. Children can lose sometimes, and nobody cares.
Quim," she said, "don't ever try to teach me about good and evil. I've been there, and you've seen nothing but a map.
The difference between science fiction and fantasy … is simply this: science fiction has rivets and fantasy has trees.
Love is finding that the things you like best about yourself are not in you at all, but in the person who completes you
You killed more people than anybody in history." "Be the best at whatever you do, that's what my mother always told me.
Everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas.
Being young is an 18 year prison sentence for a crime your parents committed. But you do get time off for good behavior.
A rustic setting always suggests fantasy; to suggest science fiction, you need sheet metal and plastic. You need rivets.
In a way she actually preferred Peter to other people because of this. He always acted out of intelligent self-interest.
If you read to your kids you'll make readers out of them, partly because they'll associate reading with good parent time.
I want to be the kind of boy you are, thought Bean. But I don’t want to go through what you’ve been through to get there.
If you lay a hand on me I'll ram your testicles so far up inside your abdomen it'll take a heart surgeon to get them out.
Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along―the same person that I am today.
I don't hate you, I love you, you're part of myself, you're my heart and when you go it's my heart torn out and carried away--
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
Satanic Verses is a despicable book that could not have been written by a person who wished to behave decently and responsibly.
Peter, you're twelve years old. I'm ten. They have a word for people our age. They call us children and they treat us like mice.
Ethan Wyeth: I hope you're thirsty." Gideon Wyeth:"Why?" Ethan: "Cause your dumb and ugly, but I can do something about thirsty.
But I fear that I also underestimate the stupidity of the rest of mankind. Are we absolutely sure that we ought to win this war?
And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me; and when you felt me slip away, you called my name.
yesterday someone sent a message that was signed GOD! bernard said. really? dap said. i didn't know he was signed onto the system
When you really know somebody you can’t hate them. Or maybe it’s just that you can’t really know them until you stop hating them.
But Father has also taught him: Treat a man as if he had a fine reputation to protect, and he will usually endeavor to deserve it.