“We're all trying to decide whether your scores up there are a miracle or a mistake."

"A habit.”

Source: Ender's Game

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American science fiction novelist 1951

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“I’m trying to decide whether we can afford to be merciful. The Arbai were merciful, but when confronted with evil, mercy becomes an evil.”

Sheri S. Tepper book Grass

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