Quotes from Timothy Zahn

Not every change is a step forward.

For if one is remembered by a friend, one is never truly gone. —

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

All who hold positions of power fear or hate someone. Or something." Arihnda

As he joined them, Lando felt a frown crease his forehead. It had been hard to tell through all the rest of their murmurings. But he could have sworn Winter had just said-- 'Winter?' he asked. 'Yes?' she said, looking at him Lando felt his lip twitch. 'Nothing, he said, and kept walking. Because, really, no one said 'May the Force be with us' anymore. No one but Rebels and religious nuts. And if Winter was one of either group, he really didn't want to know about it.

The mind and body are linked together in a meshwork of oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and neuron health. Physical exercise drives that meshwork, stimulating the brain and freeing one's intellect.

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

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

No one is immune from failure. All have tasted the bitterness of defeat and disappointment. A warrior must not dwell on that failure, but must learn from it and continue on.

But we will succeed. I've seen the future, Jorj. We will succeed, because we have no other choice. -Thrawn

A friend need not be kept either within sight or within reach. A friend must be allowed the freedom to find and follow his own path. If

I have no vision of any future, maitrakh. Not yours; not even mine. I was just thinking about children. Trying to imagine what it's like to try to raise them. Wondering how much of their character a family can mold, and how much is innate in the children themselves. She hesitated. Wondering if the evil in a family's history can be erased, or whether it always passes itself on to each new generation.

One whose path has taken a new turn is often initially disoriented.

All opponents are not necessarily enemies. But both enemies and opponents carry certain characteristics in common. Both perceive their opposite as an obstacle, or an opportunity, or a threat. Sometimes the threat is personal; other times it is a perceived violation of standards or accepted norms of society. In

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.

Courage wasn't a matter of taking the whole mountain in a single massive leap. Courage was taking it one step at a time, doing what was necessary now, preparing for the next step, and refusing to worry about whether some step in the future would be the one that would break him.

A Jedi with ignited lightsaber, in Mara's experience, was a sight that normally caused sentient beings to pause for a moment or two of sober reflection.

I had a plan, all right, ... I was also pretty sure no one on my list of allies was going to like it.

She'll recognize my style," Anakin said. "And this is the first place she'll come looking for me." "Is falling into enemy hands part of your style?

For a change, Lady Luck seemed to be smiling on me. Then again, maybe the fickle wench was just lulling me into a false sense of security while she reached for a rock.

Intent and motivations are irrelevant," Thrawn said. "Judgment can focus only on actions.

Uncertainties are often useful in paralyzing an opponent's plans and actions

I did not refer to the legends themselves," Thrawn said, turning his glowing eyes on her. "But what is remembered says a great deal about those doing the remembering.

Alliances are useful in some situations. In others, they are absolutely vital. But