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“A religion that teaches you God is something outside the world--something separate from everything you see, smell, taste, touch, and hear--is nothing but a cheap hustle.”

Matthew Stover book Blade of Tyshalle

(VIII.4) Del Rey, p. 282
Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

God , World , Religion

“I gave them the word of a Jedi Master that if they surrendered I would keep them from harm. I will not be made a liar.”

Matthew Stover book Shatterpoint

Mace Windu, p. 202
Shatterpoint (2004)

“"But… but… you can't fight the way things are…" "But we do. Every day. That's what Jedi are." "You can never win-" "We don't have to win. We only have to fight."”

Matthew Stover book Shatterpoint

Depa Billipa and Mace Windu, p. 313
Shatterpoint (2004)

Way , Fight

“The problem with happy endings," Tan'elkoth said, "is that nothing is ever truly over.”

Matthew Stover book Blade of Tyshalle

(I.3) Del Rey, p. 89
Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

Problem , Happiness

“Mace flipped up a thumb. "You think being armed and ruthless means you can do whatever you want." He folded his thumb and flipped up his forefinger. "You think nobody will stand up to you when they're naked." He folded that one again and flipped up the next. "And you think you're going to look inside my bag."”

Matthew Stover book Shatterpoint

Mace Windu to corrupt customs guards, p. 40
Shatterpoint (2004)

Thinking

“All true stories end in death.”

Matthew Stover book Blade of Tyshalle

(X.6) Del Rey, p. 380
Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

Death

“…I suspect that pain means little to you as your life--but both your life and your pain are very important to me.”

Matthew Stover book Blade of Tyshalle

(XII.2) Del Rey, p. 412
Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

Life , Pain

“I read once, somewhere, that the way you know you've grown up is when your future death becomes a stone in your shoe: when you feel it with every step.”

Matthew Stover book Blade of Tyshalle

(0.8) Del Rey, p. 23
Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

Death , Shoe , Way , Feeling

“This is the most valuable lesson one can teach a fanatic: that fanaticism is self-defeating.”

Matthew Stover book Traitor

Vergere, p. 291
Traitor (2002)

“He did understand. Finally, fatally, he did. He had thought he was the master of history, that his fractal world-tree had grown according to his will. He had allowed himself to be deceived.”

Matthew Stover book Blade of Tyshalle

(XI.6) Del Rey, p. 404
Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

World , History , Understanding , Tree

“When all choices seem wrong, choose restraint.”

Matthew Stover book Shatterpoint

Mace Windu, p. 176
Shatterpoint (2004)

“Mace stared at the man as though he'd never seen him before. And he hadn't: only now, finally, was he seeing him. An undistinguished little man: soft face and uncertain voice, shaky hands and allergies: an undistinguished little man who must have had resources of toughness that Mace could barely imagine.”

Matthew Stover book Shatterpoint

Mace Windu, p. 17
Shatterpoint (2004)

Imagination

“Here was the weapon of a hero. A real hero. Not a playactor. Not a pretend-hero, like Ganner had always been. But this weapon was now in Ganner's hand.”

Matthew Stover book Traitor

Ganner Rhysode, p. 261
Traitor (2002)

“"They lit us up! Missiles incoming! Six count, closing, dead astern!" "Back-trace the missile lock and feed it to the computer for counter-fire." "Great idea! I'll get right on that first thing as soon as I graduate from gunnery school!"”

Matthew Stover book Shatterpoint

Nick Rostu and Mace Windu, p. 330
Shatterpoint (2004)

School , Idea , Dead

“"You're in the jungle, now. There are no rules." "Of course there are. Don't be an idiot."”

Matthew Stover book Shatterpoint

Nick Rostu and Mace windu on Jungle Rules, p. 206
Shatterpoint (2004)

“Do you solemnly swear to serve the Republic in thought, in word, and in deed; to defend its citizens, resist its enemies, and champion its justice with the whole of your heart, your strength, and your mind; to foreswear all other allegiances; to obey all lawful orders of your superior officers; to uphold the highest ideals of the Republic, and at all times to conduct yourself to the credit of the Republic as its commissioned officer, by witness of, aid from, and faith in the force?”

Matthew Stover book Shatterpoint

Mace Windu's Oath of Office, p. 213
Shatterpoint (2004)

Faith , Justice , Law , Time

“His destiny had betrayed him, had made him a destroyer on a scale that humbled even Caine. Destiny, he understood with bitter certainty, could not be trusted.”

Matthew Stover book Blade of Tyshalle

Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

“Maybe. A powerful. Enough. Metaphor. Grows. Its own. Truth.”

Matthew Stover book Blade of Tyshalle

(VIII.4) Del Rey, p. 284
Blade of Tyshalle (2001)
Variant: Maybe. A powerful. Enough. Metaphor. Grows. Its own. Truth.

Truth