That’s what the dead would tell the living, if they could – to grab hold of joy whenever it comes.
Luke said those strong instincts of hers served as proof of the Force, evidence that it was working through her all the time. Maybe he was right. But Leia believed just as much in her experience and her common sense.
We’re brought together by a power greater than either of us. Something bigger than our own world.
The Empire might have demanded that they sacrifice their souls, but at one point, the majority of those people had been no worse than any others. All that was good in them had been lost to the Empire and to the war; surely that was worth grieving for.
We won’t always be free to travel wherever we will. We won’t always be able to take the time to attend elaborate parties. We won’t always have the chance to dance with the ones we love... So dance now.
It’s hope that makes us believe in miracles that haven’t come to pass. Hope that crushes us with the unbearable truth.
Genius implies originality and independence.
We fooled ourselves into thinking happiness was a gift we would be given time and time again. It’s so much scarier to admit that our lives are in our own flawed, fallible hands. Our futures are not kept safe for us in de cradle of fate. We have to hack them out of stone, dig them out of mud, and build them one messy, imperfect day at a time.
Everyone was supposed to love Emperor Palpatine. Everyone said he was the bravest, most intelligent person in the galaxy, that he was the one who had brought order after the chaos of the Clone Wars.
In every universe, everywhere, people just plain screw up.
It isn’t as hard to leave life behind, he thinks, once you’ve had a life worth living.
Please stop sniffing the robot boy, Noemi tells herself, jerking out of the trance.
But few sabacc players had learned the game from Han Solo and Lando Calrissian.
The sight of Theo’s face, the warmth of his arms around me, make me feel as though everything should start getting better right away.
Something in me belongs to him now, and I feel, I know, that he belongs to me.
Leia had watched as Luke slowly overcame his grief for Obi-Wan Kenobi and his aunt and uncle, while learning about gunnery, ship repair, and countless other things from Han. The sarcasm and wit Han used disguised his concern from Luke, and even Leia took a while to realize that Han was looking out for her, too.
I’ve always thought real love could only come later. After you both know each other, trust each other. After days, or weeks, or months spent together – learning to understand everything that isn’t spoken out loud.
You have to love the mystery. You have to take a chance.
None of us can know the full consequences of our actions.
Pride can be as strong as love, and a hell of a lot crueler.