Greg Keyes > Quotes

“If wishes were teardrops the world would flood.”
― Greg Keyes, The Briar King

“I have an idea," Cazio said after a moment.

"What a lonely creature it must be.”
― Greg Keyes, The Briar King

“Remember. You two are better than the sum of your parts. Together, you two could— No. Enough. I've said enough. Together, that's the important thing."
―Ikrit to Tahiri Veila and Anakin Solo”
― Greg Keyes, Conquest (Star Wars: Edge of Victory, #1)

“Anakin: "You look…different."
Tahiri: "Older maybe? I'm fourteen now. Last week."
Anakin: "Happy birthday."
Tahiri: "You should have thought of it then, but thanks anyway. Dummy.”
― Greg Keyes, Conquest (Star Wars: Edge of Victory, #1)

“Part of being a Jedi is setting an example."

-Corran Horn to Anakin Solo”
― Greg Keyes, Rebirth (Star Wars: Edge of Victory, #2)

“Master Yoda was wrong. If the Jedi stood for nothing but seeking balance in the Force, then [Anakin] had no business fighting the Yuuzhan Vong...were the actions of the Yuuzhan Vong, however evil they seemed, in an of themselves worth opposing if they had no affect on the Force?”
― Greg Keyes, Conquest (Star Wars: Edge of Victory, #1)

“Understanding is the essence of enlightenment.

-Harrar”
― Greg Keyes, The Final Prophecy

“You're bored. Two weeks without someone trying to kill us and you're bored out of your mind.

Leia to Han”
― Greg Keyes, The Final Prophecy

“If you had never known how good loving could be, you would not hate it so much with your husband.”
― Greg Keyes, The Briar King

“Sometimes distance improves love. Sometimes it dissolves it. I think you deserve to know which has happened.”
― Greg Keyes, The Briar King

“I was drawn here for another reason, slept for centuries for another cause…to see something new born in you and Tahiri. And to give whatever small help I am able to give to see that birth arrive."
―Ikrit to Anakin Solo”
― Greg Keyes, Conquest (Star Wars: Edge of Victory, #1)

“Anakin: "Hi Tahiri."
Tahiri: "Hi, yourself, great hero-from-the-stars who's too good to keep in touch with his best friend."
Anakin: "I've—"
Tahiri: "Been busy. Right."
―Anakin Solo and Tahiri Veila”
― Greg Keyes, Conquest (Star Wars: Edge of Victory, #1)

“Death comes to call, you cannot hold water in your hands for long, it leaks away, goes where it's meant to go. To the soil, to the sky. To ions then space, where stars are born."
―Ikrit”
― Greg Keyes, Conquest (Star Wars: Edge of Victory, #1)

“I am a Jedi again"

-Anakin”
― Greg Keyes, Conquest (Star Wars: Edge of Victory, #1)

“Wonder is my people attributing the creation of the universe to an act of dismemberment. It is avoiding true mystery through fantasy. And if the universe refuses to conform to your fantasy does it cease to be wonderful That is conceit of the highest order.

Nen Yim”
― Greg Keyes, The Final Prophecy

“What do you suppose Thrawn would make of the Yuuzhan Vong sir
Ground Vong probably if he had a few examples of their art.

Lt. Cel Wedge”
― Greg Keyes, The Final Prophecy

“Anger always makes you feel good at the time. Makes you feel bigger than yourself makes you feel that everything you do is justified. But it's a trap.

Corran”
― Greg Keyes, The Final Prophecy

“He couldn't control what he felt, but he could certainly control what he DID.”
― Greg Keyes, The Briar King

“Memory flashed, of a blue dress and a face glancing up at him, and eagerness and trepidation exchanged blows on the battlefield of his heart”
― Greg Keyes, The Briar King

“Repression was the favored food of heresy.”
― Greg Keyes, Conquest (Star Wars: Edge of Victory, #1)