Out of the Shadows Quotes

“The Jedi have a duty to protect life and maintain balance, so working with the Republic government is a given. But the Jedi follow the Force. We are the light, and we cannot blindly follow any other edict but that one. We go where we can best chase away the darkness in the galaxy, and we must not serve any other cause but that.”
― Justina Ireland, Out of the Shadows

“At sixteen Vernestra had taken her first Padawan learner, and a year later, she still struggled under the responsibility of teaching another Jedi. Especially someone as unconsciously connected to everyone around him as Imri Cantaros.”
― Justina Ireland, Out of the Shadows

“Sylvestri Yarrow tried not to scream in frustration as she looked at the numbers before her. Why hadn’t anyone warned her how expensive it was to own a ship?”
― Justina Ireland, Out of the Shadows

“Sometimes if you are looking at the forest you miss what is happening in the trees.”
― Justina Ireland, Out of the Shadows

“I felt the same way about them when we were on Tiikae. Good people, but maybe a little... detached from the struggles of the frontier. I can tell you that the Jedi are very, very bad at change. At adapting to the world around them. Jedi are brave and determined and heroic, but none of that amounts to a week of rations without the ability to perceive the truth of the galaxy around you. Their Force might lead them to a larger truth, and I'm glad they're standing with the Republic against the Nihil, but they just aren't like us.'

'What are you saying?' Syl asked.

'I think that maybe they cut themselves off from too much of life, so that the things they fight for are ideas, not people. It's not a bad thing. I guess that must just be how it is when you see all of the galaxy and its secrets laid out before you in distinct degrees of good and bad.”
― Justina Ireland, Out of the Shadows

“A few of us in the Senate had hoped to set aside the lease for academic study, not corporate experiments,”
― Justina Ireland, Out of the Shadows

“rising cost of fuel”
― Justina Ireland, Out of the Shadows

“Well, then, dueling with me should be fun, because I like to use a little bit of everything. You can critique my form. That should be a nice change for you." Vernestra winked as she said it, and Reath found himself flushing.”
― Justina Ireland, Out of the Shadows