Destiny's Way Quotes

“if a person of authority talks only to those who agree with him he soon finds himself out of authority.

Luke”
― Walter Jon Williams, Destiny's Way

“I can't help but wonder how the old Empire would have handled the crisis. I hope you will forgive my partisan attitude but it seems to me that the Emperor would have mobilized his entire armament at the first threat and dealt with the Yuuzhan Vong in an efficient and expeditious manner through the use of overwhelming force. Certainly better than Borsk Fey'lya's policy if I understood it correctly as a policy of negotiating with the invaders at the same time as he was fighting them sending signals of weakness to a ruthless enemy who used negotiation only as a cover for further conquests."

"That's not what the Empire would have done Commander. What the Empire would have done was build a super-colossal Yuuzhan Vong-killing battle machine. They would have called it the Nova Colossus or the Galaxy Destructor or the Nostril of Palpatine or something equally grandiose. They would have spent billions of credits employed thousands of contractors and subcontractors and equipped it with the latest in death-dealing technology. And you know what would have happened It wouldn't have worked. They'd forget to bolt down a metal plate over an access hatch leading to the main reactors or some other mistake and a hotshot enemy pilot would have dropped a bomb down there and blow the whole thing up. Now that's what the Empire would have done."

Dorja Han”
― Walter Jon Williams, Destiny's Way

“If the Force is life and the Yuuzhan Vong are alive and you cannot see them in the Force then is the problem with the Yuuzhan Vong or is it with your perceptions

Vergere to Luke”
― Walter Jon Williams, Destiny's Way

“it would be like hating a child for being raised badly. It’s not the child’s fault, it’s the parents’. I could hate the leaders who made the Yuuzhan”
― Walter Jon Williams, Destiny's Way

“Zonama Sekot!”
― Walter Jon Williams, Destiny's Way

“Jaina felt the surge of gravity waves as two more squadrons of starships entered realspace. Two Battle Dragons, three Nova-class battle cruisers, and accompanying fighters, all courtesy of the Hapan Navy, and led in person by Jaina’s former classmate, Queen Mother Tenel Ka, ruler of the sixty-three inhabited planets of the Hapes Consortium. Greetings! Tenel Ka sent.”
― Walter Jon Williams, Destiny's Way

“I'm willing to give my blessing to those Jedi who wish to act offensively against the Yuuzhan Vong provided that they confine their objectives to military ones.

You could have save us both a lot of grief if you'd told us that a couple of years ago For years you've been warning me about aggression leading to the dark side I didn't listen and over and over and over again reality whacked me on the side of the head Finally I decided you were right I watched someone else going to the dark and it was worse than I could have imagined You finally convinced me I've been a good little Jedi for for months now I've been telling everyone who would listen that Master Skywalker's been right all along And now you tell me that you've changed your mind

Luke Kyp”
― Walter Jon Williams, Destiny's Way

“Kyp has changed.
He hasn't blown up any planets in a few years that's true.
That wasn't precisely Kyp who did that. He was possessed by the spirit of a long-dead Sith Lord named Exar Kun.
That's exactly the sort of thing I hope never to have to explain to a Senatorial committee.

Luke Cal Omas”
― Walter Jon Williams, Destiny's Way

“I have a Jedi Council to put together. I thought you might help me.
We get to spend the day gossiping about our colleagues and calling it work I'm willing.

Luke Mara”
― Walter Jon Williams, Destiny's Way

“What happens if you need a diplomat who can also practice philosophy fight with a lightsaber and levitate small objects Who else are you going to call but us

Mara”
― Walter Jon Williams, Destiny's Way

“When all else fails fall back on the truth.
No I'm a politician I can't tell the truth

Mara Cal Omas”
― Walter Jon Williams, Destiny's Way

“Until you actually join this government you say that you defend and join it on the same basis as any other citizen then I have every intention of regarding you as I would any other lobbyist for any other interest group demanding special privileges for its members.

Fyor Rodan”
― Walter Jon Williams, Destiny's Way

“May I ask what role you envision for the Jedi in this war
Two words Skywalker. None whatsoever.

Luke Rodan”
― Walter Jon Williams, Destiny's Way