“Do you know, sire, I think that if we live to tell our grandchildren about this war, they will accuse us of making it up.'
-Marielle”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from The Realms of the Gods
“You fed it.' The badger sighed. 'Sometimes I think you'll feed anything.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from The Realms of the Gods
“What has that to do with the price of peas in Persopolis?”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from The Realms of the Gods
“This may be my only chance to see humans before these two are made into fertilizer for Moonwind's rosebushes.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from The Realms of the Gods
“I bet his mother was a wyvern.
-Scamp”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from The Realms of the Gods
“I love you,” he whispered. “If you get yourself killed, I will never forgive you.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from The Realms of the Gods
“I wish we had a sign that this flaming dragon is part of an attack or something. Those dung heaps might think it’s just one of their own monsters enjoying the sunrise.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from The Realms of the Gods
“ANOTHER GALAXY, ANOTHER TIME. The Old Republic was the Republic of legend, greater than distance or time. No need to note where it was or whence it came, only to know that … it was the Republic. Once, under the wise rule of the Senate and the protection of the Jedi Knights, the Republic throve and grew. But as often happens when wealth and power pass beyond the admirable and attain the awesome, then appear those evil ones who have greed to match. So it was with the Republic at its height. Like the greatest of trees, able to withstand any external attack, the Republic rotted from within though the danger was not visible from outside. Aided and abetted by restless, power-hungry individuals within the government, and the massive organs of commerce, the ambitious Senator Palpatine caused himself to be elected President of the Republic. He promised to reunite the disaffected among the people and to restore the remembered glory of the Republic. Once secure in office he declared himself Emperor, shutting himself away from the populace. Soon he was controlled by the very assistants and boot-lickers he had appointed to high office, and the cries of the people for justice did not reach his ears. Having exterminated through treachery and deception the Jedi Knights, guardians of justice in the galaxy, the Imperial governors and bureaucrats prepared to institute a reign of terror among the disheartened worlds of the galaxy. Many used the Imperial forces and the name of the increasingly isolated Emperor to further their own personal ambitions. But a small number of systems rebelled at these new outrages. Declaring themselves opposed to the New Order they began the great battle to restore the Old Republic. From the beginning they were vastly outnumbered by the systems held in thrall by the Emperor. In those first dark days it seemed certain the bright flame of resistance would be extinguished before it could cast the light of new truth across a galaxy of oppressed and beaten peoples … From the First Saga Journal of the Whills”
― Alan Dean Foster, quote from The Star Wars Trilogy
“You are the woman of my heart. The one I have been awaiting the whole of my life, though I didn't know it until I spied you. there isn't one thing that makes you special to me, but all things...”
― Gena Showalter, quote from The Nymph King
“Considering yourself a serious reader doesn’t mean you can’t read light books. Loving to read means you sometimes like to turn your head”
― quote from Judging a Book by Its Lover: A Field Guide to the Hearts and Minds of Readers Everywhere
“We had reached the moment of final nightness.”
― Harlan Ellison, quote from Deathbird Stories
“Whatever path you chose, make sure it has a heart.”
― Xavier Saer, quote from Bleeding Heart (A Timeless Fable About Living Life With Passion)
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