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But it was not the boyish grin she had known when he bounded along the low-gravity inner corridors of Battle School. This smile had weariness in it, and old fears long mastered but still present. It was the smile of wisdom.Orson Scott Card
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It will hurt." said Petra. "But let's make the most of what we have, and not let future pain ruin present happiness.Orson Scott Card
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You accomplish exactly as much as the people who serve you decide you'll accomplish, and nothing more.Orson Scott Card
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Of course, he didn't know anything about these Indonesians, or why they would have been there at this moment to save his life, but the fact that they had guns and weren't firing them at him implied that for the moment, at least, they were his dearest friends.Orson Scott Card
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But if you caught my informant, ' said Achilles, 'why in the world would Chamrajnagar–or Graff, if it was him–launch the shuttle anyway? Was catching me doing something naughty so important they’d risk a shuttle and it’s crew just to catch me? I find that quite… flattering. Sort of like winning the Nobel Prize for scariest villain.Orson Scott Card
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Besides, " said Suriyawong. "This was not a rescue operation."" What was it, target practice? Chinese skeet?"" An offer of transportation to an invited guest of the Hegemon, " said Suriyawong. "And the loan of a knife." Achilles held up the bloody thing, dangling it from the point. "Yours?" he asked." Unless you want to clean it, " said Suriyawong.Achillese handed it to him. Suriyawong took out his cleaning kit and wiped down the blade, then began to polish it." You wanted me to die, " said Achilles quietly." I expected you to solve your own problems, " said Suriyawong.Orson Scott Card