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If you don't want to be noticed, you don't use a Star Destroyer.

Timothy Zahn

If you don't want to be noticed, you don't use a Star Destroyer.

Tags: subtlety

Perch. Enter Fey’lya, convinced that he’s got the support of the legendary Garm Bel

Timothy Zahn

Perch. Enter Fey’lya, convinced that he’s got the support of the legendary Garm Bel

About Author
Timothy Zahn (born September 1, 1951) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy. He is known best for his prolific collection of Star Wars books, chiefly the Thrawn series, and has published several other series of sci-fi and fantasy novels of his own original creation, in addition to many works of short fiction.

No, of course not,' he agreed in a tone that implied he'd heard both the words I'd said and the words I hadn't said and would be mulling them over later on his own.

Timothy Zahn

No, of course not,' he agreed in a tone that implied he'd heard both the words I'd said and the words I hadn't said and would be mulling them over later on his own.

The mind and body are linked together in a meshwork of oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and neuron health. Physical exercise drives that meshwork, stimulating the brain and freeing one’s intellect.

Timothy Zahn

The mind and body are linked together in a meshwork of oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and neuron health. Physical exercise drives that meshwork, stimulating the brain and freeing one’s intellect.

She’ll recognize my style, Anakin said. And this is the first place she’ll come looking for me. Is falling into enemy hands part of your style?

Timothy Zahn

She’ll recognize my style, Anakin said. And this is the first place she’ll come looking for me. Is falling into enemy hands part of your style?

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….

Timothy Zahn

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….

Are you ready?I'm three blocks past ready.

Timothy Zahn

Are you ready?I'm three blocks past ready.

I had a plan, all right, ... I was also pretty sure no one on my list of allies was going to like it.

Timothy Zahn

I had a plan, all right, ... I was also pretty sure no one on my list of allies was going to like it.

But she wasn't a serving girl in a Phorliss cantina this time, or a come-up flector for a swoop gang on Caprioril, or even a hyperdrive mechanic stuck in the backwater of the Ison Corridor. She was se...

Timothy Zahn

But she wasn't a serving girl in a Phorliss cantina this time, or a come-up flector for a swoop gang on Caprioril, or even a hyperdrive mechanic stuck in the backwater of the Ison Corridor. She was se...

Tags: star wars

But what of friends? There is no accepted answer, perhaps because true friendship is so exceedingly rare. But I have formulated my own. A friend need not be kept either within sight or within reach. A...

Timothy Zahn

But what of friends? There is no accepted answer, perhaps because true friendship is so exceedingly rare. But I have formulated my own. A friend need not be kept either within sight or within reach. A...

Of his. The same earnestness that had stopped her from killing that insane Joruus C’baoth back on Jomark.

Timothy Zahn

Of his. The same earnestness that had stopped her from killing that insane Joruus C’baoth back on Jomark.

Hesitated; swooped again; hesitated again; swooped once more

Timothy Zahn

Hesitated; swooped again; hesitated again; swooped once more

One may need to undergo several regimens of training and sample several different professions before determining where one’s strongest talents lie. This is the driving force behind many life-path alte...

Timothy Zahn

One may need to undergo several regimens of training and sample several different professions before determining where one’s strongest talents lie. This is the driving force behind many life-path alte...

Wine, and

Timothy Zahn

Wine, and

I rule the Empire now. Not some long-dead Emperor; certainly not you. the only treason is defiance of my orders.

Timothy Zahn

I rule the Empire now. Not some long-dead Emperor; certainly not you. the only treason is defiance of my orders.

Tags: star wars, thrawn

My point is that true leaders...understand the possible consequences of their decisions, and are willing to bear that weight. The question is whether that's a step you're willing to take.-Carlist Riee...

Timothy Zahn

My point is that true leaders...understand the possible consequences of their decisions, and are willing to bear that weight. The question is whether that's a step you're willing to take.-Carlist Riee...

For if one is remembered by a friend, one is never truly gone. —

Timothy Zahn

For if one is remembered by a friend, one is never truly gone. —

Lawyers and soldiers came out of the same expensive box. If you couldn’t settle things without them, you weren’t going to like what it cost to settle things with them.

Timothy Zahn

Lawyers and soldiers came out of the same expensive box. If you couldn’t settle things without them, you weren’t going to like what it cost to settle things with them.

But just because he couldn’t sense it didn’t necessarily mean it wasn’t there.11

Timothy Zahn

But just because he couldn’t sense it didn’t necessarily mean it wasn’t there.11

Refusing to be intimidated, after all, didn’t mean deliberately asking for trouble.

Timothy Zahn

Refusing to be intimidated, after all, didn’t mean deliberately asking for trouble.