“Life itself was hard enough without monosynaptic sociopaths preying on folks.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, quote from I, Jedi
“If you can't recognize the man in the mirror, it is time to step back and see when you stopped being yourself.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, quote from I, Jedi
“If the wind no longer calls to you, it is time to see if you have forgotten your name.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, quote from I, Jedi
“Do you want help?"
"No."
"Do you need help?”
― Michael A. Stackpole, quote from I, Jedi
“Life is not without pain, but life concerns itself with how we handle that pain, or joy, or confusion or triumph. Life is more than time passing before death, it is the sum and total of all we make of it.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, quote from I, Jedi
“A Two-Onebee droid doesn’t need to contract a disease to diagnose and treat it.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, quote from I, Jedi
“Your intentions will be good. Without consideration and forethought, however, your actions could still be evil. That is the problem, of course, evil is always easy and resisting it is never so. Evil is relentless; and anyone, if they tire, if they are not vigilant, can fall prey to it.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, quote from I, Jedi
“I have nothing against kids—as long as they go home with their parents at the end of the day.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, quote from I, Jedi
“This is the purpose of life, is it not? To create life is the greatest act a living creature can commit.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, quote from I, Jedi
“selflessness is the only antidote to evil. It provides the light that destroys the dark.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, quote from I, Jedi
Michael A. Stackpole
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“Sometimes when we are at our lowest points, we make the greatest discoveries.”
― Pseudonymous Bosch, quote from You Have to Stop This
“The future can be a scary thing. Because it's something that's always left open for anything to happen. It's a total mystery. But at the same time, it's so exciting. Each decision we make can alter how our future will turn out, so how we end up in the future is really our decision. We never know what will be thrown at us, but it's up to each of us as to how we deal with whatever does come. No one else can decide that for us. While I might be wondering about what will happen down the road for me, and gt nervous about it now and then, I am also really hopeful for it because I know there will be so many windows of opportunity that can really change my life if I choose to take hold of them and not be afraid to go for it.”
― quote from Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song and the Power of Perseverance
“La certitude d'avoir empêche de désirer.”
― Émile Zola, quote from The Ladies' Paradise
“No war is ever glorious. Heroes are usually dead. Besides, they rarely turn into heroes because they are super-humans, but because of circumstances.”
― Aleksandr Voinov, quote from Special Forces - Soldiers
“But his very best questions always popped out of his mind, unprepared, never having been written down in advance because they were the angle he picked up on the fly, as he heard an answer to a lesser question. Those creative questions were the art. It is what, in my mind, made his querying great.”
― quote from Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings
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