At last he came to a door$$$ with these words in glowing emeralds: THE END OF THE WORLD. He did not hesitate. He opened the door and stepped through.

An eye for an eye? How Christian of you. Unbelievers always want other people to act like Christians.

Poke gave him life. Ender gave it meaning.

I love you Ender. More than ever. No matter what you decide.

Is it some law of human nature that you inevitably become whatever your first commander was?

Thanks from keeping me from being a liar$$$ said Nikolai.<br>"What?"<br>"About your having diarrhea."<br>"For you I'd get dysentery."<br>"Now that's friendship."

For the first time in his life$$$ a teacher was pointing out things that Ender had not already seen for himself. For the first time$$$ Ender had found a living mind he could admire.

I've got a pretty good idea what children are$$$ and we're not children. Children can lose sometimes$$$ and nobody cares.

I'm not a liar$$$ sir$$$ she said.<br>"No$$$ I'm sure you sincerely become whatever it is you're pretending to be."

If you did not in your own mind distinguish between useful and erroneous information$$$ then you were not learning at all$$$ you were merely replacing ignorance with false belief$$$ which was no improvement.