Emily N. S.T. > Emily's Quotes

“I didn't say that," Ziara protested, eyeing him as a sudden idea occurred to her. "But I'm a practical person, and when I hear a new theory I like to give it a test."
"Shall we ask the Ascendancy to declare war on someone?"
"I was thinking a little smaller," she said. "Come on.”
― Timothy Zahn, Chaos Rising

“Someplace nice and quiet and away from the spaceport, I hope," Thalias said. "The first thing Yiv will probably assume is that we'll try to steal a ship."
"Indeed he will," Thrawn agreed.
"So where are we going?"
Thrawn leaned forward, giving her a smile around the edge of his dripping hood. "To the spaceport," he said. "To steal a ship.”
― Timothy Zahn, Chaos Rising

“Because it's easier?" Samakro growled. "This is the Expansionary Defense Fleet, Caregiver. We don't do things just because they're easier. We do things because they work.”
― Timothy Zahn, Greater Good

“If you can't tell him, can you at least tell me?" Wutroow asked.
"I especially can't tell you," Ar'alani said, giving her a wry smile. "Your brain is the one I rely on to make sure mine is functioning properly.”
― Timothy Zahn, Greater Good

“Thalias looked at Thrawn. "What happens if she doesn't do this?"
"Perhaps nothing," Thrawn said. "The analysts may not find anything suspicious, and then all will be well. If they do, there may be trouble among some of the families. Perhaps serious trouble. But those are only possibilities. If you're uncomfortable with this, you don't have to do it."
Che'ri squared her shoulders. "No," she said. Her voice was shaking a little, but there was no hesitation in it. "I didn't think I could learn to fly a spaceship. You said I could, and I did. If you say I can do this, I can. Where do you want me?”
― Timothy Zahn, Greater Good

“You're my brother, and my friend." Thrass countered. "If it's important to you, it's important to me.”
― Timothy Zahn, Lesser Evil

“He cares about non-Chiss lives."
"Yes, he does," Samakro agreed. "You threaten his people, and see how fast that changes.”
― Timothy Zahn, Lesser Evil

“Did Thrawn even recognize the depth of loyalty he inspired in those who worked with him? Knowing Thrawn, probably not.”
― Timothy Zahn, Lesser Evil

“Still, even when false, legends can be most informative.”
― Timothy Zahn, Thrawn

“Takes a pretty confident person to think he can beat modern turbolasers with blaster cannons, though."
Thrawn shrugged. "I could."
"Right, but you're on our side," Eli said drily.”
― Timothy Zahn, Thrawn

“There are things in the universe that are simply and purely evil. A warrior does not seek to understand them, or to compromise with them. He seeks only to obliterate them.”
― Timothy Zahn, Thrawn

“A friend need not be kept either within sight or within reach. A friend must be allowed the freedom to find and follow his own path.
If one is fortunate, those paths will for a time join. But if the paths separate, it is comforting to know that a friend still graces the universe with his skills, and his viewpoint, and his presence.
For if one is remembered by a friend, one is never truly gone.”
― Timothy Zahn, Thrawn

“She’ll recognize my style,” Anakin said. “And this is the first place she’ll come looking for me.”

“Is falling into enemy hands part of your style?”
― Timothy Zahn, Thrawn: Alliances

“The grand admiral was smart and subtle, but never used his brilliance to show up or humiliate anyone. He demanded results, but never perfection, and had amazing stores of patience for those who were truly working to their fullest ability. He cared about his people, to the point of standing up for them even against the disapproval of powerful men like Lord Vader.”
― Timothy Zahn, Alliances

“As a military man, Eli found himself impressed by the layered diversion/attack strategy of pickpocket and muggers.

As a potential victim, he found himself flinching back from the sudden flurry of activity, feeling helpless without a weapon or the warning deterrent of a uniform.

As a bystander, he found himself oddly entertained.”
― Timothy Zahn, Thrawn: Treason

“People of authority love capes.”
― Timothy Zahn, Thrawn: Treason

“Someday, Mitth'raw'nuruodo, you'll overthink and overplan, and it will all come crashing down around you. When that happens, I hope someone is there to lift you back to your feet."
"You, perhaps?"
Ar'alani shakes her head. Her expression holds regret, perhaps even pain. "I very much fear I will never see you again. The growing chaos in the Ascendancy warns of coming war. If you don't return quickly, there may be nothing left for you to return to.”
― Timothy Zahn, Thrawn: Treason

“Luke nodded. He'd refused to let them wipe the X-wing's computer every few months, as per standard procedure. The inevitable result was that the computer had effectively molded itself around Artoo's unique personality, so much so that the relationship was almost up to true droid counterpart level. It made for excellent operational speed and efficiency; unfortunately, it also meant that none of the maintenance computers could talk to the X-wing anymore.”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Heir to the Empire

“He risked a glance at the aft-vision display. The other fighter was coming up fast, with no more than a minute or two separating the two ships. Obviously, the pilot had far more experience with the craft than Luke had. That, or else such a fierce determination to recapture Luke that it completely overrode normal commonsense caution.

Either way, it meant Mara Jade.”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“Any more cargo?" Cohmac called as Reath and Ram picked up their travel packs and headed up the ramp.
"No, we got the rest of them, but thanks for your help," Ram said, his face twitching on one side.
"What's wrong with your eye?" Cohmac asked.
Reath kept walking. "He's trying to wink because he thinks he just made a joke. Let's get this over with, please. This is clearly going to be. a long journey!"
"Ah? Ah?" Ram tried, still squinching half his face.
"Who will stop this child?" Cohmac wondered out loud. "The child must be stopped.”
― Daniel José Older, Midnight Horizon

“War. War had come to Corellia. It was already a brutal one, and it was about to get much, much worse. There was no such thing as not taking sides. It was sheer theater in peacetime and an absolute joke during war. Neutrality, the performance of it, was something powerful people demanded of everyone else so they could stay protected. In Crash's case, she was literally the one doing the protecting. The performing. It was all a lie.
And not one she had the luxury of being able to participate in anymore.”
― Daniel José Older, Midnight Horizon

“Here we are," Han announced.
"Right." Luke looked around, an involuntary shiver running up his back. "Dead center in the middle of nowhere."
"Should be a familiar feeling for you," Han suggested, keying for a sensor scan.
"Thanks," Luke said, "but getting stuck between systems with a dead hyperdrive isn't something I want to get familiar with."
"I didn't mean that," Han said innocently as he keyed the comm. "I was talking about Tatooine.”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Dark Force Rising

“Yesterday, the Chimaera's crew had trusted and respected the Grand Admiral. After today, they would be ready to die for him.
And for the first time in five years, Pellaeon finally knew in the deepest level of his being that the old Empire was gone. The new Empire, with Grand Admiral Thrawn at its head, had been born.”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: The Last Command

“It's an Imperial attack," she said.
"Oh," he said. "Can they do that?"
"We're at war," she reminded him patiently. "In war you can do just about anything the other side can't stop you from doing. How did you get in here, anyway?"
"Oh, I cut myself an entry code a while back," he said, waving a vague hand, his eyes still on the tactical. "Haven't had much to do lately. Can't you stop them?"
"We're certainly going to try," Leia said grimly.”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: The Last Command

“You were directly responsible for the deaths of four stormtroopers and thirty-two Imperial army troops," Thrawn continued. "Also for the destruction of two Chariot command speeders and their crews. I am not the Lord Darth Vader, Ferrier -- I do not spend my men recklessly. Nor do I take their deaths lightly.”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: The Last Command

“But few things, at any rate, are more powerful than expectations. Blunt force, maybe. Firepower, certainly. Sword and steel. But even those have their limits. The imagination has none.”
― John Darnielle, Devil House

“Nobody smart knows what they want to do until they get into their twenties or thirties.”
― Michael Crichton, The Lost World

“Raising children is, in a sense, the reason the society exists in the first place. It's the most important thing that happens, and it's the culmination of all the tools and language and social structure that has evolved.”
― Michael Crichton, The Lost World

“Things don't have purposes, as if the universe were a machine, where every part has a useful function. What's the function of a galaxy? I don't know if our life has a purpose and I don't see that it matters. What does matter is that we're a part. Like a thread in a cloth or a grass-blade in a field. It is and we are. What we do is like wind blowing on the grass.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven

“The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven