Partners are more useful than slaves.

Jacen Solo, New Jedi Order – Traitor

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Evil roots in unbridled ambition.

Relin Druur; Crosscurrent

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You can’t plan for luck. Plan smart and let luck land where it will.

Wedge Antilles; Legacy of the Force – Betrayal

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Do not fall into the trap of classification. Sentience curses us with a desire to categorize and draw lines, to fear that after this be dragons. But that is illusion. After this is not dragons but more knowledge, deeper understanding.

Kyle Katarn; Crosscurrent

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Don’t overplan. The future is to be lived, not prearranged.

Luke Skywalker; Legacy of the Force – Betrayal

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Bad luck creeps in through the hatch you leave open.

Roa; New Jedi Order – Agents of Chaos I Hero’s Trial

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No lesson is truly learned until it has been purchased with pain.

Jacen Solo; New Jedi Order – Traitor

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That was the trouble with powerful men — especially younger ones. Awed by their own strength, they so often believed strength was the answer to every problem.

Luke Skywalker; Dark Nest – The Swarm War

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Trust is always an act of faith.

Jacen Solo; New Jedi Order – Traitor

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A correction added to one’s store of knowledge. It was a thing to be grateful for, not something to take offense at.

Obi-Wan Kenobi; The Approaching Storm

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Perception usually overrides facts.

Mara Jade Skywalker; Legacy of the Force – Bloodlines

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When you have a hurt, you do not wait for it to heal. You set out to heal it.

Hohass “Runt’ Ekwesh; X-Wing – Iron Fist

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Mistakes are always easy to see in retrospect.

Luke Skywalker, Dark Nest – The Swarm War

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Grief had to have an outlet, or it would eat away the vessel.

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It’s not about the legacy you leave, it’s about the life you live.

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The truth is always greater than the words we use to describe it.

Jacen Solo, New Jedi Order – Traitor

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Being observant means thinking about what you see.

Kam Solusar, Fate of the Jedi – Abyss

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No Jedi would be a true devotee who didn’t question the system, along with everything else.

Obi-Wan Kenobi; The Approaching Storm

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The greatest harm lies in doing nothing.

Luke Skywalker, Fate of the Jedi – Abyss

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“Never” means the right opportunity has not yet arisen.

Bothan saying; X-Wing – The Krytos Trap

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Curiosity is the sign of intelligence.

Boss; Republic Commando – True Colors

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There’s nothing wrong with feeling and acknowledging sorrow and pain…The crime is letting them hold you prisoner.

Jula Darklighter ; X-Wing – The Bacta War

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Opportunity rarely comes without risk.

I-5YQ; Coruscant Nights – Patterns of the Force

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There is no shame in admitting one does not know everything. It shows wisdom. That is a much more valued talent than physical strength—or even the ability to influence the Force. You are to be commended, not condemned.

• Luminara Unduli, The Approaching Storm

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Pride is pretty sneaky, it disguises it­self pretty well.

• Jacen Solo, New Jedi Order – Edge of Victory I Conquest

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When are cowardz not threatened by the brave.

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No wall can contain the Force. Luke Skywalker,

• Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor

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Cuteness should be preserved.

• Ton Phanan, X-Wing – Iron Fist

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Potential that goes unrealized is potential that might as well not exist in the first place.

• Barriss Offee； The Approaching Storm

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Knowledge was like that — once it was ushered into the light, putting it back into the shadows was difficult, if not impossible.

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Never fight when you can bluff.
Never bluff when you can run.
Never run when you can sneak.
If no one knows you’re there, you win.

• Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor

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Teaching trust is a long process; learning it an even longer one.

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Desperation fuels inspiration. Borsk Fey’lya,

• X-Wing – Isard’s Revenge

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Only those of us who have been slaves can really taste freedom.

• Anakin Skywalker； Jedi Quest – The Way of the Apprentice

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Freedom is always alarming.

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Honor exists inside you and can only radiate out. What goes on outside can’t change it or kill it unless you abandon your honor. Too many folks give it up too easily, then do whatever it takes to fill the void in their hearts.

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Pain can be power, too. Power to change things for the better. That’s how change happens: Someone hurts, and sooner or later decides to do something about it. Suffering is the fuel in the engine of civilization.

• Jacen Solo, New Jedi Order – Traitor

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Those who have their mouths open all the time generally have their ears shut.

• Barriss Offee; The Approaching Storm

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The chink in the armor of powerful beings was that they believed power made them smarter, as well as blaster proof.

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