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“On a dusty world with two bright suns, a little boy looked up from his work and saw an angel.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Peril

“What I learned was that I'd rather be second to you than first to anyone else.''
Confessing her feelings was like a weight lifting off of Sabe's chest. It had taken her so long to figure it out, to put words to what she knew in her heart. And now she had done it. She wanted to fly.
'I can order you to your death,' Padme said.
Her voice was so quiet that Sabe barely heard her. She reached out and took Padme's hands.
'And I would go,' she said.
'I can't be that dedicated to you,' Padme said.
'I know,' Sabe said.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Peril

“They'll stall you," Organa said. "I know it's a horrifying situation, but you can't fight every evil in the galaxy."
"Evil? " Padmé said. "I've fought evil and it was easy: I shot it. It's apathy I can't stand.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Shadow

“I've fought evil, and it was easy: I shot it. It's apathy I can't stand.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Shadow

“We are brave, your highness.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Shadow

“You are an idealist," Bonteri said. "That's not a bad thing."
"I know," Padmé said. "I have worked very hard at it.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Shadow

“Any path can be a poor one if it goes blindly in one direction.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Shadow

“Longtime political followers will recall young Queen Amidala of Naboo. Four years ago she came to Coruscant and deposed the Chancellor to questionably hasten along aid for her home planet. Though no hard evidence of the Trade Federation’s misdeeds was ever produced, Amidala swayed the opinion of the Senate. Her speech, which was most likely written for her, given her age at the time, was stirring…and we can’t help wondering what she’ll stir up this time. Now a senator for the Galactic Republic, Amidala has returned. A puppet queen no longer, surely, but the question remains: who is pulling her strings now? —TriNebulon News”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Shadow

“Padmé Amidala was completely still. The brown halo of her hair spread out around her, softened here and there by white blossoms that had blown through the air to find their rest amongst her curls. Her skin was pale and perfect. Her face was peaceful. Her eyes were closed and her hands were clasped across her stomach as she floated. Naboo carried on without her.

Even now, at the end, she was watched.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Shadow

“I don’t know what I’d do,” Padmé said. “I’ve guarded my heart against everything for so long, always aware of the dynamics and the flow of power. I’ve been lucky to find so many people who understand that and give me that space. I’m afraid that if someone breaks through, I’ll let them, and it would be catastrophic.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Shadow

“People are listening,” Bonteri said. “They’re just not paying attention.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Shadow

“Padmé resolved to pay attention, not just listen, and not just look but see.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Shadow

“Now Padmé wore a different token, one that was personal and had nothing to do with the people of Naboo. It was handmade, like all the best treasures were, and stood for luck and remembrance. Padmé didn’t like to rely on luck and she rarely needed help remembering anything, but it helped to have something on which to focus her thoughts.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Shadow

“I’m all right, Captain,” she said, looking him right in the face. She knew they were both thinking about Cordé, burnt and dying on the Coruscant landing pad.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“What place could be farther from anti-Imperial activity than Palpatine’s home planet? They’d be nothing but happy to learn of her trip to the Naboo system.”
― Claudia Gray, Leia, Princess of Alderaan

“If Kier Domadi wanted to put his arms around her—well, he’d find a way. Or she would.”
― Claudia Gray, Leia, Princess of Alderaan