“Courtesy costs nothing, which makes it the ideal gift when you’re as cheap as I am.”
― The Wheel of Osheim
― The Wheel of Osheim
“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 impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them.... I destroy them.”
― Ender's Game
― Ender's Game
“Memory is all we are. Moments and feelings, captured in amber, strung on filaments of reason. Take a man’s memories and you take all of him. Chip away a memory at a time and you destroy him as surely as if you hammered nail after nail through his skull.”
― King of Thorns
― King of Thorns
“A book is as dangerous as any journey you might take. The person who closes the back cover may not be the same one that opened the front one. Treat them with respect.”
― Red Sister
― Red Sister
“Anything that you cannot sacrifice pins you. Makes you predictable, makes you weak.”
― Prince of Thorns
― Prince of Thorns
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