Timothy Zahn

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

“As he joined them, Lando felt a frown crease his forehead. It had been hard to tell through all the rest of their murmurings. But he could have sworn Winter had just said--'Winter?' he asked.'Yes?' she said, looking at himLando felt his lip twitch. 'Nothing, he said, and kept walking.Because, really, no one said 'May the Force be with us' anymore. No one but Rebels and religious nuts.And if Winter was one of either group, he really didn't want to know about it.”

“He risked a glance at the aft-vision display. The other fighter was coming up fast, with no more than a minute or two separating the two ships. Obviously, the pilot had far more experience with the craft than Luke had. That, or else such a fierce determination to recapture Luke that it completely overrode normal commonsense caution.Either way, it meant Mara Jade.”

“[Han] glared into his mug. Besides, he didn't add, asking Princess Leia for repacement reward credits would mean he'd have to tell her how he'd lost the first batch. Not in gambling or bad investments or even drinking, but to a kriffing pirate.And then she would give him one of those looks.There were, he decided, worse things than being on Jabba's hit list”

“I had a plan, all right, ... I was also pretty sure no one on my list of allies was going to like it.”

“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)”

“The choices of one shape the futures of all.”

“My point is that true leaders...understand the possible consequences of their decisions, and are willing to bear that weight. The question is whether that's a step you're willing to take."-Carlist Rieekan”

“...But we will succeed. I've seen the future, Jorj. We will succeed, because we have no other choice."-Thrawn”

“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”

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

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

“Are you ready?I'm three blocks past ready.Pardon?Skip it.”

“How many black holes have we been up close and personal with?" Kosta countered. "All sorts of odd things happen near the event horizon, from huge tidal forces to variations in time. Personally, I'm voting on it having to do with gravity, either a polarization of the fields themselves or else something related to the time differential."I didn't know physics had become a democracy," Hanan murmered.”

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

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