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1 " Honor is for the living. Dead is dead. "
― Drew Karpyshyn , Path of Destruction (Star Wars: Darth Bane, #1)
2 " True strength comes from the mind and spirit. "
― Drew Karpyshyn , Children of Fire (The Chaos Born, #1)
3 " Two there shall be; no more, no less. One to embody the dark side, the other to crave it. "
4 " All soldiers felt the same thing going into battle, whether they admitted it or not: fear. Fear of failure, fear of dying, fear of watching their friends die, fear of being wounded and living out the rest of their days crippled or maimed. The fear was always there, and it would devour you if you let it. Des knew how to turn that fear to his own advantage. Take what makes you weak and turn it into something that makes you strong. Transform the fear into anger and hate: hatred of the enemy; hatred of the Republic and the Jedi. The hate gave him strength, and the strength brought him victory. "
5 " ...Des felt a familiar feeling in the pit of his stomach. All soldiers felt the same thing going into battle, whether they admitted it or not: fear. Fear of failure, fear of dying, fear of watching their friends die, fear of being wounded and living out the rest of their days crippled or maimed. The fear was always there, and it would devour you if you let it. Des knew how to turn that fear to his own advantage. Take what makes you weak and turn it into something that makes you strong. Transform the fear into anger and hate: hatred of the enemy; hatred of the Republic and the Jedi. The hate gave him strength, and the strength brought him victory. For Des the transformation came easily once the fighting started. Thanks to his abusive father, he'd been turning fear into anger and hate ever since he was a child. Maybe that was why he was such a good soldier. Maybe that was why the others looked to him for leadership. "
6 " The dark side is emotion, Bane. Anger, hate, love, lust. These are what make us strong, Peace is a lie. There is only passion. Your passion is still there, Bane. Seek it out. Reclaim it. "
7 " Equality is a myth to protect the weak. some of us are strong in the Force, others are not. Only a fool believes otherwise. "
8 " Honor is a fool's prize. Glory is of no use to the dead. "
9 " When you finally betray me, I hope you care enough to try to kill my yourself. "
10 " The power of the Dark Side cannot be dispersed among the masses. It must be concentrated in the few who are worthy of the honor. "
― Drew Karpyshyn
11 " I am Revan reborn. And before me you are nothing. "
― Drew Karpyshyn , Revan (Star Wars: The Old Republic, #1)
12 " Grissom chose to remain completely fair and unbiased: he told every single one of them to go to hell. "
― Drew Karpyshyn , Mass Effect: Revelation (Mass Effect, #1)
13 " Peace is a lie. There is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Code of the Sith "
― Drew Karpyshyn , Rule of Two (Star Wars: Darth Bane, #2)
14 " Those who ask for mercy,” he answered coldly, “are too weak to deserve it. "
15 " There is no shame in falling,” Pernicar said, standing up. “There is only shame if you refuse to rise once again. "
16 " Equality is a lie,” Bane told her. “A myth to appease the masses. Simply look around and you will see the lie for what it is! There are those with power, those with the strength and will to lead. And there are those meant to follow—those incapable of anything but servitude and a meager, worthless existence. “Equality is a perversion of the natural order! "
― Drew Karpyshyn , The Darth Bane Series (Star Wars: Darth Bane #1-3)
17 " The mind with many secrets can never rest. "
― Drew Karpyshyn , Mass Effect: Ascension (Mass Effect, #2)
18 " When all the options are wrong,” he muttered to himself in the darkness, “what does it matter which one I choose? "
19 " Equality is a lie,” Bane told her. “A myth to appease the masses. Simply look around and you will see the lie for what it is! There are those with power, those with the strength and will to lead. And there are those meant to follow—those incapable of anything but servitude and a meager, worthless existence. “Equality is a perversion of the natural order!” he continued, his voice rising as he shared the fundamental truth that lay at the core of his beliefs. “It binds the strong to the weak. They become anchors that drag the exceptional down to mediocrity. Individuals destined and deserving of greatness have it denied them. They suffer for the sake of keeping them even with their inferiors. "
20 " Take what makes you weak and turn it into something that makes you strong. "
