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Xenocide

Xenocide
Orson Scott Card

Xenocide is a science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card, the third book in the Ender's Game series. It was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus Awards for Best Novel in 1992. The title is a combination of 'xeno-', meaning alien, and '-cide', referring to the act of killing; altogether referring to the act of selectively killing populations of aliens, a play on genocide.

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“The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.”

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“When you have wisdom that another person knows that he needs, you give it freely. But when the other person doesn't yet know that he needs your wisdom you keep it to yourself. Food only looks good to a hungry man.”

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“I looked for perfection, and I found something better.”

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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 future is a hundred thousand threads, but the past is a fabric that can never be rewoven.”

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“Parents always make their worst mistakes with their oldest children. That's when parents know the least and care the most, so they're more likely to be wrong and also more likely to insist that they're right.”

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

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“If you asked me to marry you all over again today I'd say yes, said Valentine.

And if I had only met you for the first time today, I'd ask.”

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“Madness, and then illumination.”

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