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Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View (From a Certain Point of View, #1) QUOTES

Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View (From a Certain Point of View, #1) QUOTES

1 " I think my teacher was wrong: making cheese wasn't what I was born to do. I was born to make people feel good when everything around them seemed just awful. "

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2 " I may be a country girl who's never been offplanet, but even I'm aware that when a Jedi walks up to you and says, "Here, have a baby," it's not going to end well. "

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3 " The most beautiful form of mastery is the art of letting go. "

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4 " Seems Commander 110 finally came to his senses too, because then he says: "We don't need to see his identification."
"Bless!" I almost yelled, but I kept it contained.
"These are not the droids you're looking for," Old Guy says.
And he was right. He was so right. It was like, of course they're not!
110 agreed and then Old Guy says he can go about his business, and I'm like Yes! Yes, Old Guy! Say that! And 110 agrees again! Word for word in fact!
"Move along," this remarkable little geezer says.
Commander 110 nods. "Move along." And then, because he's 110 and he can't help himself, he repeats it for good measure. "

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5 " Bail Organa sent Leia herself to summon me. When I saw her---saw Padmé in her so strongly, and even a little of Anakin, too---I knew my exile was nearly at an end. "

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6 " Every person Obi-Wan ever truly loved---Anakin, Satine, Padmé, and Qui-Gon himself---came to a terrible end. Three of them died before his eyes; the other fell to a fate so bleak that death would've been a gift. "

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7 " There was little he loved to dwell upon more than the thought of young Skywalker coming into herself, learning the powers that lay deep within her, an perhaps bringing to the galaxy a new age that she could not even hope to imagine. "

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8 " Even now, at just three years old, it is obvious that Luke longs to fly. It is like seeing Anakin all over again. The mop of unruly blond hair, the bright blue eyes, the hands permanently tinkering. Luke isn't content to just play with his toys. He's constantly at work modifying them, making improvements. "

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9 " He looked back at Lobot, and pointed at the screen, where Han Solo was once again risking Lando's ship, his precious, beautiful Millennium Falcon, for no reason he could figure.
"If I ever do anything like that...shoot me."
"No problem," Lobot said. "

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10 " More than anything, he wanted them to know that even though they would grow up never knowing their father, it was not for the lack of his love for them. No, it was because he loved them so, because he was determined they have the life they deserved, that he had given everything to help secure it for them. That was the most bitter irony of war: The greatest acts of love for your family were the ones that kept you apart from them. "

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11 " Location of Incident (Settlement, Planet, Region): Mos Eisley, Tatooine, Outer Rim Were any other members of your detachment involved in this incident? Oh yes. Very much so. Which ones? (Be specific!) Literally all of them. "

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12 " If we didn’t we’d be summarily executed, remember? Or long-distance choke-smashed by your beloved archwizard woo-woo-in-chief. "

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13 " This story, with the magic and the fire swords and the crouching woman and the planet-sized ship—it was happening right now. "

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14 " That was the most bitter irony of war: The greatest acts of love for your family were the ones that kept you apart from them. "

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15 " Right now Jabba just said “Boska,” and when the boss says boska, we boska. "

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16 " Time is a circle. The beginning is the end. "

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17 " As Obi-Wan will soon learn, the most beautiful form of mastery is the art of letting go. "

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18 " No place is barren of the Force, and they who are one with the Force can always find the possibility of life. "

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19 " Anyone can fight, given a weapon and an enemy. Anyone can use a lightsaber, given due training or even good luck. But to stand and wait—to have so much patience and fortitude—that, Obi-Wan, is a greater achievement than you can know. "

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20 " he was wrong, and trying to crush someone else’s windpipe doesn’t make you any less wrong, "

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