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| SF Author Quote (Posted on 2011-12-09) |
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The following is a quote made by one of the characters in a novel by a famous science fiction author, which is encrypted in
terms of a simple substitution cipher. Decrypt this quote and identify the author.
RTZ LMNO XZ AGCNV ZG MTCDO RNXOFV, ZMN GOSJ ZJWN GU ADTVN ZMDZ CDZZNQV XV UXODS ADTVN, ZMN
WTQWGVN. LMDZ D WNQVGO MDK XO CXOK. GOAN JGT TOKNQVZDOK LMDZ WNGWSN QNDSSJ LDOZ, JGT ADO'Z
MDZN ZMNC DOJCGQN. JGT ADO UNDQ ZMNC, RTZ JGT ADO'Z MDZN ZMNC, RNADTVN JGT ADO DSLDJV UXOK
ZMN VDCN KNVXQNV XO JGTQ GLO MNDQZ.
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Submitted by K Sengupta
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The ciphertext when decrypted reads as:
"BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HUMAN BEINGS, THE ONLY TYPE OF CAUSE THAT MATTERS IS FINAL CAUSE, THE PURPOSE. WHAT A PERSON HAD IN MIND. ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT PEOPLE REALLY WANT, YOU CAN'T HATE THEM ANYMORE. YOU CAN FEAR THEM, BUT YOU CAN'T HATE THEM, BECAUSE YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND THE SAME DESIRES IN YOUR OWN HEART."
This is a quote made by Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, the main character in the novel "Speaker for the Dead" by Orson Scott Card.
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