Quotes from Aaron Allston

You can't look dignified when you're having fun.

Begging your pardon, sir, but you're crazy enough to be a Wraith." "Until you've crewed with me for a few years, kid, you have no idea what 'crazy' means.

That's treason. I like it." Booster

When all else fails, complicate matters.

Mission One is the meeting with Zsinj. Face commands and has chosen Dia and Kell to accompany him. This is all intelligence gathering, very delicate, which is why the crew is full of deadly killers.

No one pays me to be nice.

The way to a man's heart is through his chest.

If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God's domain?

Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.

There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them.

No, they can't. They can't be Luke Skywalker.

I hope you're rushing to tell me that the chef has acquired Jacen Solo's entrails and is braising them for dinner." "Not quite, Admiral." "Life is full of disappointments.

A green X-wing closed in tighter to the formation. Yes, sir. Though distorted by the comm system, the voice sounded indulgent rather than military. That's 'Yes, Wedge' until we're formally returned to duty. The commander smiled. Or perhaps, 'Yes, Exalted One.' Or 'Yes, O envy of all Corellia.' Or-

To go elsewhere would mean starting all over. Learning as a child does. I have been a child already. I will not yield one bit, one speck of the power and influence I have now.

The Antilles and Horn clans sat at a folding table between two StealthXs, playing what looked like a cutthroat game of sabacc.

With politics, nothing runs right ... but without politics, nothing runs. Diss Ti'wyn

Where did you learn that smile? Have you been practicing in front of a holo of Han Solo? Mara to Luke

Cuteness should be preserved.

And these have been successfully tested. Well, tested, sure. They've been tested. Each time they're tested, we assemble what data we can, and the next generation of pods comes back just a bit more intact. Face & Luke

Remember us. Remember us as we used to be, before the universe turned against us. Young, beautiful, strong, brave, admirable, loved, loving...' --Alema Rar

You can't reduce sapient lives to numbers and exchange them like credits.

Sort of like what Joruus C'baoth did for Thrawn. I'm not talking about ancient history, I'm talking about now. Luke & Jaina

Yub, Yub, Commander. -Janson

Dad. Jacen. Coruscant. Answers. I don't like it that you can win an argument without using verbs.