Where there’s no free will, there’s no sin. If you – if you can’t help it – I know you tried. Thank you for trying –.
In despair Leia thought, They are using both my fathers against me.
We have a multiverse to save.
The multiverse is infinite. So, yeah, we go through some terrible things together, and I’ve seen versions of you who are darker, and damaged, and I don’t care. I want you even when you’re broken. I want you no matter what.
I love you completely, don’t you see? I even want the worst of you because it it’s still a part of you.
Tyranny turns us into liars, she thought, hating herself even as she applauded.
Leia experienced the vaguely guilty sensation that surfaced every time she realized that droid personalities were more than programmed conversational quirks. A computer core could be lonely. C-3PO could take pity on it.
The man has a soul, Qui-Gon thought. But he makes her carry it.
We have to dive down to the very depths of our sorrow, relive every terrible moment, and endure the torture of asking what could have been -and what will now be. We have to bleed out before our hearts can start beating again.
The point of a negotiation is to make each party feel as though they’ve won.
That was another thing Obi-Wan had always respected about Qui-Gon: his compassion. Obi-Wan wasn’t uncaring, at least he hoped not, but sometimes it took him longer to see when someone was hurting, or what they might truly need. Qui-Gon seemed to instinctively understand such things.
As was often the case, Obi-Wan noted, Qui-Gon managed to sound very reassuring while actually saying very little.
I’m coming to believe that we must all interpret the Code for ourselves,” Qui-Gon said, “or it ceases to be a living pact and becomes nothing but a prison cell.
Focus on what you can do, instead of what you can’t.
If the young of the species don’t have motivation to leave the care of their parents, they’ll never lead an independent existence, which means they’ll never reproduce. The species would soon die out. Ergo, the last stage of life before adulthood always involves conflict between parent and offspring.
The impatience you felt before kissing someone you liked wasn’t nearly as bad as the impatience you felt afterward.
People are more than their worst act,” Obi-Wan recited. It was something Qui-Gon had said to him many times, which at last seemed to be sinking in. “At least, most people. And they are also more than the worst thing ever done to them.
Ransolm gave her his most winning smile. It was, he knew, a good one, highly effective on most women and more than a few men. Although he was no womanizer, he understood very well how to be charming when necessary.
We keep telling each other good-bye. When am I finally going to believe it?
Because the deck is always stacked, Ciena. All we can do is stack it in our favor.