“ The ambition of most beings is just to stay alive, overeat, spend too much, and avoid hard work. I’m happy that I can achieve much more than that…and we all die sooner or later. A death in service of… Karen Traviss
“ Real evil wasn't about bending the law to suit justice: evil was acting out of small, intensely personal expedience and losing sight of the bigger picture so often that you never got it back again. Karen Traviss
“ It’s hard to send someone to their death, she said, answering his silent question. His expression was hidden behind the visor of his helmet. She didn’t need to call on any of her abilities as a Jedi t… Karen Traviss
“ I tell you this: think what you like, hate who you like, because that's between you and God, but you will act as the community requires, or the community will no longer require you. Karen Traviss
“ They had nothing left to throw at Earth now, not unless the Forerunners decided to rise from the dead. Karen Traviss
“ It’s entirely possible that the Jedi’s increasingly clouded vision was the result of their own moral degeneration. They’d let so many of their principles slip that the reason they couldn’t see the dar… Karen Traviss
“ Fett, I have a beautiful daughter...'He shouldn't have said that. Now I'm angry, and I don't often get angry. 'Never use your kids, scumbag. Never. Karen Traviss
“ As she let the mirage of a distant ruined town lull her into a meditative state, she could detect both of them in her mind somehow, and they felt…similar. Both obsessive; both so committed to their mi… Karen Traviss
“ The best way to stop worrying about your inevitable demise is to dwell on it morbidly until you’re so bored that you forget it. Karen Traviss
“ Vau: We were having a philosophical discussion, as Mandalorians often do, and I asserted that the only demonstrable reality was individual consciousness, but he insisted on the existence of a priori m… Karen Traviss
“ The man hesitated and then reached across to shake Ordo’s hand, surrendering soft pale civilian fingers to a black gauntlet. The look on his face said clearly that he hadn’t expected to find flesh and… Karen Traviss
“ Sev, feeling embarrassed by his reaction, examined the bones. The left arm came off in his hand. Yep, he’s dead all right. Scorch sucked his teeth noisily. It was extra-amplified in the scuba trooper… Karen Traviss
“ Oh, you are a little ray of sunshine today, aren’t you? Now, look at your progesterone levels. Still higher than normal. Are you pregnant? Have you been throwing up?No. But I get cravings. Will I get… Karen Traviss
“ Let’s revise the old adage for our times. All that it requires for evil to succeed is that enough lazy, stupid bastards believe everything they’re told. Karen Traviss
