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121 " Hang on a minute," Mara said, stepping away from the viewport and her tantalizingly brief vision of the future. As Luke had said, this was the present. The future would take care of itself. "I'll come with you. "
― Timothy Zahn , Vision of the Future (Star Wars: The Hand of Thrawn Duology, #2)
122 " And in that single crackle of tortured electronics she had lost everything. Her comm, her lights, her limited maneuvering jets, her life support regulator, her emergency beacons.Everything.For a second her thoughts flickered to Skywalker. He'd been lost in deep space, too, awhile back. But she'd had a reason to find him. No one had a similar reason to find her. "
― Timothy Zahn , Dark Force Rising (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #2)
123 " She moved closer to him and took his hand. "But that's just profit and loss games again. The simple, bottom-line fact is that this is the right path for us. Like that Qom Jha proverb Builder With Vines quoted at us in the caverns, the one about many vines woven together being stronger than the same number used separately. We compliment each other perfectly, Luke, all the way down the line. In many ways, we're two halves of a single being. "
124 " I didn't say that," Ziara protested, eyeing him as a sudden idea occurred to her. "But I'm a practical person, and when I hear a new theory I like to give it a test." "Shall we as the Ascendancy to declare war on someone?""I was thinking a little smaller," she said. "Come on. "
― Timothy Zahn , Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)
125 " I didn't say that," Ziara protested, eyeing him as a sudden idea occurred to her. "But I'm a practical person, and when I hear a new theory I like to give it a test." "Shall we ask the Ascendancy to declare war on someone?""I was thinking a little smaller," she said. "Come on. "
126 " Someplace nice and quiet and away from the spaceport, I hope," Thalias said. "The first thing Yiv will probably assume is that we'll try to steal a ship." "Indeed he will," Thrawn agreed."So where are we going?"Thrawn leaned forward, giving her a smile around the edge of his dripping hood. "To the spaceport," he said. "To steal a ship. "
127 " If you can't tell him, can you at least tell me?" Wutroow asked. "I especially can't tell you," Ar'alani said, giving her a wry smile. "Your brain is the one I rely on to make sure mine is functioning properly. "
― Timothy Zahn , Greater Good (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #2)
128 " Takes a pretty confident person to think he can beat modern turbolasers with blaster cannons, though." Thrawn shrugged. "I could." "Right, but you're on our side," Eli said drily. "
― Timothy Zahn , Thrawn (Star Wars: Thrawn, #1)
129 " when the rules don't work, you break 'em. "
― Timothy Zahn , The Last Command (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #3)
130 " Do you know the difference between an error and a mistake, Ensign?”The entire bridge had gone deathly still. Colclazure swallowed again, his face starting to go pale. “No, sir.”“Anyone can make an error, Ensign. But that error doesn’t become a mistake until you refuse to correct it. "
― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)
131 " The choices of one shape the futures of all. "
― Timothy Zahn
132 " Multiple species, with multiple viewpoints and racial philosophies, simply cannot hold power together for long. The dominant voice must certainly be wise enough to adopt ideas and methods from its allies and member peoples. But there must be a dominant voice, or there is only chaos. In this part of the galaxy, that voice is the Empire."-Thrawn "
― Timothy Zahn , Choices of One
133 " My point is that true leaders...understand the possible consequences of their decisions, and are willing to bear that weight. The question is whether that's a step you're willing to take."-Carlist Rieekan "
134 " Are you ready?I'm three blocks past ready.Pardon?Skip it. "
135 " He risked a glance at the aft-vision display. The other fighter was coming up fast, with no more than a minute or two separating the two ships. Obviously, the pilot had far more experience with the craft than Luke had. That, or else such a fierce determination to recapture Luke that it completely overrode normal commonsense caution.Either way, it meant Mara Jade. "
136 " People of authority love capes. "
― Timothy Zahn , Thrawn: Treason (Star Wars: Thrawn, #3)
137 " The grand admiral was smart and subtle, but never used his brilliance to show up or humiliate anyone. He demanded results, but never perfection, and had amazing stores of patience for those who were truly working to their fullest ability. He cared about his people, to the point of standing up for them even against the disapproval of powerful men like Lord Vader. "
― Timothy Zahn , Thrawn: Alliances (Star Wars: Thrawn, #2)
138 " How many black holes have we been up close and personal with?" Kosta countered. "All sorts of odd things happen near the event horizon, from huge tidal forces to variations in time. Personally, I'm voting on it having to do with gravity, either a polarization of the fields themselves or else something related to the time differential."I didn't know physics had become a democracy," Hanan murmered. "
139 " Uncertainty can be the most difficult and frightening of mental states. If you’re always wondering which way to go, you might freeze up and not go anywhere. If you’re afraid you can’t do something, you might not even try. "
140 " [Han] glared into his mug. Besides, he didn't add, asking Princess Leia for repacement reward credits would mean he'd have to tell her how he'd lost the first batch. Not in gambling or bad investments or even drinking, but to a kriffing pirate.And then she would give him one of those looks.There were, he decided, worse things than being on Jabba's hit list "
― Timothy Zahn , Scoundrels