Life Debt
Chuck Wendig
Top 10 Best Quotes
“if there’s one mystical energy that powers the galaxy, it’s not the Force. It’s pure, unadulterated irony.”
“how do you steal a Republic? By convincing its people that they cannot govern themselves—that freedom is their enemy and that fear is their ally.”
“I am going to do what every wife must do now and again," she says. "I am going to go rescue my husband.”
“This is a terrible plan,” he says to Han Solo—Solo, who crouches down so as not to be seen. Han Solo, the jerk. The very handsome, very charismatic jerk. “And I hate you very much.”
“I don’t know what I’m doing here, either. I suspect that the moment I have it figured out, I’ll probably die half a second later.”
“All hail the light, the dark, and the grey.”
“This is Tracene Kane, HoloNet news reporter embedded with the New Republic Thirty-First. And I’d like to tell you about a friend of mine. A friend the Empire just stole from me.”
“The Wookiee tilts his head back and ululates a loud, joyful growl, then wraps his impossible arms around the smuggler. Solo looks like a child snatched up by an eager parent—for a moment his whole body lifts up off the ground, his legs kicking as the Wookiee purrs and barks.”
“Mon wants this transition to be as peaceable as possible. That is, of course, a noble goal. And in late nights the chancellor confided in Leia that she is wisely struck by the fear of what happened the first time the parasite of Palpatine squirmed under the skin. How easy it was for him to prey on the anxieties of the galaxy. How simple it was for him to turn system against system by stoking the fires of xenophobia, anger, selfishness. (And here Luke’s voice echoes in her mind: The ways and tools of the dark side, Leia.) How do you form an Empire? By stealing a Republic. And how do you steal a Republic? By convincing its people that they cannot govern themselves—that freedom is their enemy and that fear is their ally. Palpatine”
“Because if there’s one mystical energy that powers the galaxy, it’s not the Force. It’s pure, unadulterated irony.”
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purpose-in-life, light, dark, star-wars, grey
