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Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1) QUOTES

Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1) QUOTES

1 " Governments and entire planets are important, Threepio. But when you sift everything down, they're all just made of people. "

― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)

2 " I've found that what most people call luck is often little more than raw talent combined with the ability to make the most of opportunities. (Talon Karrde) "

― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)

3 " If you don't want to be noticed, you don't use a Star Destroyer. "

― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)

4 " You're not the last of the old Jedi, Luke, you're the first of the new "

― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)

5 " When you understand a species' art, you understand that species. "

― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)

6 " Fear and anger, Yoda had often warned him, were slaves to the dark side. Vaguely, Luke wondered which side curiosity served. "

― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)

7 " I’ve found that what most people call luck is often little more than raw talent combined with the ability to make the most of opportunities. "

― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)

8 " Learn about art, Captain,” Thrawn said, his voice almost dreamy. “When you understand a species’ art, you understand that species. "

― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)

9 " Mourning the loss of a friend and teacher was both fitting and honorable, but to dwell unnecessarily on that loss was to give the past too much power over the present. "

― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)

10 " For the Jedi, there is no emotion; there is peace. "

― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)

11 " a Jedi can’t get so caught up in matters of galactic importance that it interferes with his concern for individual people. "

― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)

12 " Yes, but in spite of such a shady origin, it’s really quite good,” Luke told him. “It’s called hot chocolate. "

― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)

13 " Thrawn smiled—a smile that sent a shiver up Pellaeon's back. "Why, the only puzzle worth solving, of course," the Grand Admiral said softly. "The complete, total, and utter destruction of the Rebellion. "

― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)

14 " I know something about a lot of things," she countered evenly. "That's why you're grooming me to be your lieutenant, remember?" - Mara Jade "

― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)

15 " One spoke to him in person, or one did not speak to him at all. "

― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)

16 " You happened to me," she told him, her voice more fatigued than embittered. "You came out of a grubby sixth-rate farm on a tenth-rate planet, and destroyed my life." - Mara Jade "

― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)

17 " Then I am alone, he told himself. I am the last of the Jedi. "

― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)

18 " You served too long under Lord Vader, Captain. I Have no qualms about accepting a useful idea merely because it wasn't my own. My position and ego are not at stake here. "

― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)

19 " A writer absolutely has to make his villains clever and competent. It’s no fun—and no challenge—for the heroes to get out of trouble without sweating about it first. "

― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)

20 " Isn’t that what you said Yoda told you before you died? "

― Timothy Zahn , Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)