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Our enemy is power mistaken for justice. Our enemy is the desperation that justifies atrocity. The Jedi's true enemy is the jungle.

— Matthew Stover Shatterpoint (2004)

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

Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

Life is mere chance only when one allows it to be.

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A powerful enough metaphor grows its own truth.

Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

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

Traitor (2002)

When all choices seem wrong, choose restraint.

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