Queen's Hope Quotes

“My hands are yours,” she said. “Please don’t ask me for them again.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“Missing Padmé was like missing the sun, and she was currently on a planet with two of them.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“For ten years, Padmé had been the center of her galaxy, the lodestar by which she made all of her decisions. She’d never imagined outgrowing that. But life had other ideas.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“It’s what I signed up for,” Anakin said. He put his hands behind his back and grinned at her, unabashed and honest. The truth of everything hit Sabé all at once. “She married you,” she said. “It’s not an affair. It’s a permanent relationship.” Instantly, Anakin was on the defensive again, their truce evaporating at the first test. “She makes her own choices,” Anakin said. “You know that.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“It was strange, to love two people so much, so differently. She didn’t quite understand it, and she wasn’t sure how to make it work.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“What troubled her was that she had always thought of herself as a straightforward and honest person. Yes, she kept secrets, but they were for the sake of her planet, her people. And there were always some who knew the whole story. Now her truths were split, divided amongst those she cared about, and none of them had the whole picture. Only she did, alone and at the center of her own life.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“Sabé turned, taking both of Padmé’s hands in hers. Their lives had been linked in a way that was hard to explain, their identities entwined for the good of Naboo. And now that was over. They would have separate paths. Sabé would learn to cast her own shadow. She faced her queen, her senator, her friend, and gave her a sad smile.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“With all respect, Senator,” Padmé said, “that is exactly why you sent someone like me on this mission. You don’t approve of violence, and you never will. I admire that, and I have accepted it. All I ask in return is that you accept that I am the person you send when there’s the possibility of . . . aggressive negotiations.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“There’s a lot to be said for being yourself. Not everyone is meant to be a shadow.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“Anakin was going to be hers, and she was going to be his, and almost no one in the whole galaxy would share that with them.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“When you say it like that, it sounds terrible,” she said, voice muffled by the fabric. “But at the time, I couldn’t imagine doing anything else. I still can’t.” “You told me once that when you gave your heart to someone, it would be a disaster,” Sabé reminded her. “I should have known you weren’t exaggerating.” “It’s just always so thrilling,” Padmé said. There was something in her voice that spoke of dreams Sabé had never had, but could understand wanting. “We never stop to work anything out because we’re always stealing a moment alone together or crashing into the next mission.” “It sounds romantic,” Sabé said drily.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“He’s very powerful in a way I could never understand,” Padmé said. “His sense of justice is extreme. There was an incident with a Tusken encampment on Tatooine when we were there.” “That was Anakin?” Sabé said. “They’re talking about that massacre on the other side of the planet.” “It was awful,” Padmé said. “I tried to talk to him about it afterward, but I didn’t get very far. And then we got the message from Obi-Wan, and then Geonosis happened, and then—” “And then you got married,” Sabé said. She tried not to sound judgmental, but it was a challenge.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“It had been easy to fall for Anakin Skywalker. And that terrified her, too.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“It was a connection that had nothing to do with the Force, and Anakin wanted it. His mother must have had something like that with Cliegg, too. It was clear from the way they all spoke of Shmi that she hadn’t been an afterthought in the Lars family. She had been the center. And he hadn’t been part of it at all.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“Now her truths were split, divided amongst those she cared about, and none of them had the whole picture. Only she did, alone and at the center of her own life.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“Breha Organa built something incredible, and in doing so, she laid the foundation for someone who would be even more.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“This time, her lips lingered on his, pressing lightly but surely against him as she breathed him in. His hands trailed up her back to tangle in her hair. He would never give this up. He could never. They sat, staring out at the city lights of Coruscant, until the faint pink light of dawn touched the horizon, driving back the dark.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“But as he had told her all those years ago, he was also a person, and people had hearts. He had given his to her without realizing, long before he’d made any oaths to the Jedi.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“Kissing him was like coming home.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“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

“For the first time in more than ten years, she didn’t want to be Amidala. She wasn’t sure if she knew her anymore.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“It all made too much sense. Why Padmé had disappeared on Naboo. Why the schedule had changed and why the staff had such a new routine. This was why Padmé’s evenings were free. This was why her handmaidens slept on the floor below instead of in the penthouse suite as they used to.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“It would be like old times. They would learn to be each other’s mirror again, something they hadn’t done in years and had never tried on this scale. They would spend time together and it would be easy and fun, and they would have their work to keep them busy. When they had to separate for Padmé to go on the mission, she would know that Sabé would be waiting for her when she came back.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“Her definition of home had shifted, she realized. It was no longer a place, no longer a location she could go to. It was a person.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“And that was love, wasn’t it? It wasn’t like there was anyone she could ask.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“Anakin was smiling as he brought the ship down, looking at her like she was a planet he was seeing for the first time.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“It’s so good that sometimes it forgets that not everyone in the galaxy has it so easy. Most of us are here because we don’t want to forget.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“The change happened so slowly that no one really noticed, no one in the light and no one in the dark. But it did change. It grew into something the galaxy was going to need, though no one knew that yet, either. And at the center of all of it was the girl.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“That was not very gentlemanly of you,” she told him. Her face was flushed. “I didn’t come here to be a gentleman,” he said. She blushed even deeper. “You’re making fun of me again,” she said. “I thought you were too scared to make fun of a senator.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope

“She held freedom in her hands, and she had never felt more powerful.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Hope