Comette

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

“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

“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

“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