Quotes from Timothy Zahn

More Grysk lasers lanced out, but the sheer number of weapons available to them had been diminished by the combined Chiss and Imperial attack.

Estudie arte, Capitán. Si entiende el arte de una especie, entiende a esa especie.

Yes, they'd lost. But it was just a battle, not the war.

Where there's life, there's the hope of change.

Maybe that's why he was so quick to finger Ackbar in the first place

Always someone lower.

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Chance is a funny thing. A fat one and a slim one are the same thing.

Your Empire is corrupt, Commander. Corrupt, dangerous, and ultimately self-defeating. It's going to fall anyway. I'm just helping it along.

A more accurate statement would be that I was the first person since Jedi who was permitted to stick a fork into the piecrust to see if there was still any steam underneath.

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

Without trust, there can be no genuine peace. Neither in politics, nor in the quiet individuality of the heart and spirit.

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

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)

Still, even when false, legends can be most informative.

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.

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

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

There are things in the universe that are simply and purely evil. A warrior does not seek to understand them, or to compromise with them. He seeks only to obliterate them.

Failure to act always brings consequences. But sometimes, those consequences can be turned to one's advantage.

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

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.

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

the best path didn't have to be quick as long as it was correct.