“ Look at Columbus, or Magellan: looking back, historians call you an explorer, but at the time, you‘re just lost. Sean Stewart
“ Only on a planet such as Coruscant, with no forests left, no mountains unleveled, no streams left to run their own course, could the Force have become so clouded. Sean Stewart
“ We get a whole lifetime to learn just one lesson, Samuel Cane said. How to lose with dignity. Sean Stewart
“ One of the hardest lessons we all have to learn is how few choices life gives to a civilized woman with any conscience at all. Sean Stewart
“ He noticed Miss Bettie was wearing a watch, a steel Rolex with diamond chips. What time is it? he asked. Miss Bettie glanced at him and laughed. You do seem to have difficulty remembering, don't you?… Sean Stewart
“ Mothers don't cry at weddings because they're sentimental-- xxx Mothers cry because they know how hard it's going to be. Sean Stewart
“ Look for Joy: that's God's echo, and his footprint. Happiness . . . happiness and wittiness and cleverness do not count for much when the darkness falls. Joy is tougher. Sean Stewart
“ They stood in the courtyard of Swangard Palace, too cold to be comfortable despite the sun, and they looked fully on one another, knowing that they were friends, and would always be.A lot of water und… Sean Stewart
“ The world is a giant eye, staring back at the stars. When it tires, it closes its lids--just as I am doing now--and gives way to dreams, which is why the night is so much more mysterious than the day. Sean Stewart
“ The application of time and skill to frivolous things is the hallmark of civilized society, Sean Stewart
“ How much of life is like this? Mark wondered. Is that what being grown-up means? Saying goodbye as often as hello? Sean Stewart
“ Xxx each of us carries his or her own solitude. We are invisible and we cannot be touched. Sean Stewart
“ The fear which troubles the life of man from its deepest depths, suffuses all with the blackness of death, and leaves no delight clean and pure. Sean Stewart
“ To tell only the happy stories: that isn't life. It isn't true, and you deserve better. You deserve to know. Sean Stewart
“ Grief lingers, and the ache of loss; those things don't change. But seeping into every leaf, a little guilty burns away each autumn, and falls, spinning down the river. Winter's long sleep begins, and… Sean Stewart
“ Our dreams go on forever, and our ambitions, and our hopes, and the great play of our ideas reaches for eternity.But we live in time. We die in time. Sean Stewart
“ Little Jang Li-Li, eight years old, misting the orchids in the Room of a Thousand Fountains. A bright day, sunlight pouring through transparisteel panels, Li-Li making puffs of water with her mister a… Sean Stewart
“ The sun was setting on Coruscant. Shadows ran like black water, filling up the the alleys first, then climbing steadily higher, a tide of darkness rising to drown the capital. Twilight’s gloom spread… Sean Stewart
