Ender nodded. It was a lie, of course, that it wouldn’t hurt a bit. Bu…

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Ender nodded. It was a lie, of course, that it wouldn’t hurt a bit. But since adults always said it when it was going to hurt, he could count on that statement as an accurate prediction of the future. Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth. ✨ Orson Scott Card (2010). Ender's Game, p.18, Macmillan
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