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“If you listen long enough to the whispers, you will hear the truth. Until then, I will tell you this: the world is made safe by a woman. She bound the monster up and cast him out, and the man who was left was saved.”

Women Feminism Woman Awesome E K Johnston

Book:A Thousand Nights

Source: A Thousand Nights

“She learned that the main weapon of the Empire, after fear, was hunger. She had seen this strategy at work on Raada and also during the Clone Wars, but to see it applied on such a large scale made her very uncomfortable. The Empire was still new, still establishing itself in the outer reaches of the galaxy, and yet it was already incredibly powerful. And she realized that she had helped build it. The mechanisms put in place during the Clone Wars had been twisted for the Empire’s use, and every day the Emperor’s hold grew tighter. She almost admired Palpatine for his ability to pull off a long-term plan—except for his being evil and all.”

Evil Planning Star Wars Star Wars Quote Galactic Empire Emperor Palpatine Ahsoka Tano Clone Wars

Book:Ahsoka

Source: Ahsoka

“Потоп всегда может прийти, стремительно и без предупреждения, ибо земля не способна приготовиться к нему. А значит, бояться его не стоит.”

Mythology Orient

Book:A Thousand Nights

Source: A Thousand Nights

“There’s two kinds of family … There’s the kind like me and Kaeden, where you get born in the right place to the right people and you’re stuck with one another. If you’re lucky, it turns out okay. The other kind of family is the kind you find.”

Family Found Family

Author:E.K. Johnston

“My hands are yours for as long as you need them.”

Devotion

Book:Queen's Shadow

Source: Queen's Shadow

“Supportive parents, I tell you. I never thought they would get me killed before I graduated from high school.”

Humor Parents

Book:Dragon Slayer of Trondheim

Source: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim

“My sister burns, and she does not burn for you.”

Feminism Young Adult Badass Girl Power

Book:A Thousand Nights

Source: A Thousand Nights

“Have you seen burning bone, my wife? It starts like a roasted goat, but then the meat strips away to feed the fire, and the bone is left naked and alone. It twists and shatters, marrow leaking into the flames, until only the dust is left." "That is what happens to everything, my lord," I said to him. "If only the fire can be made hot enough." "Would you like to see it?" he asked.”

Banter Badass Women

Book:A Thousand Nights

Source: A Thousand Nights

“You have to remember every piece that's been played, even the ones removed from the board, because some of them might count against you in the end.”

Games Star Wars Ahsoka Tano Crokin Vartan

Book:Ahsoka

Source: Ahsoka

“Alone and connected. Aloof and hopelessly entwined. Obi-Wan had only a moment before he was wrenched back into the physical world, but it was long enough to renew his hope. "Obi-Wan," said Qui-Gon Jinn. He was sure the voice was stronger this time. "Let go.”

Qui Gon Jinn Ahsoka Tano Obi Wan Ahsoka

Book:Ahsoka

Source: Ahsoka

“People kept their heads down, and Ahsoka would have to do the same, but keeping her head down wasn’t the same as ignoring what was happening around her, and Ahsoka had no intention of doing that.”

Awareness Ignorance Star Wars Star Wars Quote Galactic Empire Ahsoka Tano Dark Time

Book:Ahsoka

Source: Ahsoka

“He kept us so busy jumping at shadows that we didn’t notice which of the shadows was real.”

Politics Star Wars Shadows Star Wars Quote Emperor Palpatine Ahsoka Tano

Book:Ahsoka

Source: Ahsoka

“The familiar presence of Anakin was gone, like a disrupted conduit that no longer channeled power like it was meant to.”

Star Wars Anakin Skywalker Ahsoka Tano

Book:Ahsoka

Source: Ahsoka

“The Chancellor played his hand very well,” Bail said. He spoke the word chancellor with some venom, and Ahsoka knew it gave him great satisfaction not to say emperor when they were in private. “He kept us so busy jumping at shadows that we didn’t notice which of the shadows was real.”

Star Wars Star Wars Quote Galactic Empire Emperor Palpatine Ahsoka Tano Machinations Bail Organa

Book:Ahsoka

Source: Ahsoka

“Any path can be a poor one if it goes blindly in one direction.”

Padme Amidala

Book:Queen's Shadow

Source: Queen's Shadow

“On a dusty world with two bright suns, a little boy looked up from his work and saw an angel.”

Star Wars Anakin Skywalker Padme Amidala Tatooine

Book:Queen's Peril

Source: Queen's Peril

“Senator Organa, now is not a good time," she said. "What do you want?”

Padme Amidala Leia Organa

Book:Queen's Shadow

Source: Queen's Shadow

“What are you?” Kaeden asked, surprised she had any voice at all. “I am the future,” the gray creature said. “And the only reason you are alive is because I need you to make my future come to pass.”

Power Future Star Wars Star Wars Quote Sith Inquisitor

Book:Ahsoka

Source: Ahsoka

“Death for life wasn't something she had thought about before, but when she was faced with it, her survival became the most important thing.”

Death Honor Among Thieves Druid Doric The Druid S Call

Author:E.K. Johnston

“It pulled her along through curiosity and compulsion, and even though she didn't know the question, she longed to find out the answers”

Doric

Book:Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call

Source: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call

“She had thought that power was a ladder to the loft, the rope on which the bread basket came up, the ability to look at a daughter and poison her drink. She learned now that power could be other things, too. The ability to feed yourself. The ability to hunt.”

Druid Doric

Book:Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call

Source: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call

“Um koji zna zatvoren je um.”

Author:E.K. Johnston

“All this time, I had had access to more power than I had imagined, and I had missed it because I saw with men's eyes. I had forgotten the girls who scrubbed the floors and spun the yarn. I had forgotten the women who dyed the cloth and worked with henna.”

A Thousand Nights

Author:E.K. Johnston

“You are an idealist," Bonteri said. "That's not a bad thing." "I know," Padmé said. "I have worked very hard at it.”

Idealism Star Wars Padmé Amidala

Book:Queen's Shadow

Source: Queen's Shadow

“The girl in the white dress was going to be Queen, and she was ready.”

Star Wars Padmé Amidala Queen Amidala

Book:Queen's Peril

Source: Queen's Peril

“They'll stall you," Organa said. "I know it's a horrifying situation, but you can't fight every evil in the galaxy." "Evil? " Padmé said. "I've fought evil and it was easy: I shot it. It's apathy I can't stand.”

Evil Apathy Star Wars Padme Amidala

Book:Queen's Shadow

Source: Queen's Shadow

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