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Dark Disciple Quotes

Dark Disciple by Christie Golden

"As long as the Republic resists me, ‘innocents’ will continue to die. Every death in this war lies firmly at the feet of the Jedi."
"The bleakest part about being a Jedi, is when we fail."
"One man’s life must be weighed against those of potentially millions of innocents."
"Luck is exactly what you’d need to kill me,"
"It’s the fourth arm that always gets you," she muttered.
"No one says you need to stick around," Ventress offered.
"An enemy is an enemy, Vos, regardless of size, species—or sex."
"What’s worse… to have unhappy stories, or to have no story at all?"
"You’re late," said the man who sat in the seedy, ill-lit Level 1313 bar.
"Before we begin," she said, exuding calmness in the Force, "there are a few things we need to know."
"My family must be returned safely… and secretly. This will show both Black Sun and my own men that Marg Krim is still a powerful member of the Pyke Family."
"Don’t worry," Vos said warmly. "We’ll get your family back alive."
"As long as the credits are good, I’ll bring in whoever anyone wants."
"Ah yes, scenic Mustafar, because everyone looks good in red lighting. Become a bounty hunter, see the galaxy!"
"Guess that’s the place to be," Vos said. "Thanks."
"I love happy endings," Vos, who was seated behind her, said.
"It will require you to forsake nearly everything that it means to be a Jedi."
"He reveled in their passion, cherished the sweetness of simply being able to reach out and stroke her cheek knowing she savored the gesture."
"Nightsisters know the dark side better than anyone. We grow up steeped in it, but we can use it as a tool and stay ourselves—unlike the Sith."
"It was not simply a mountain—it was a fortress hewn out of one."
"No sympathy. Only the knowledge that Dooku destroyed everything that was precious to me."
"Do you remember our first day here? I’ll never forget it."
"Good, Vos. You can now touch the dark side at will."
"The pain will let you access your rage. Accept it—as punishment for your failure."
"I don’t want to go back. I want to be with you."
"Remember what I taught you, Vos. No compassion. No loose ends. She doesn’t matter."
"Focus was the only way to properly control the Force—either side of it."
"Once, Vos would have banished the hot rush of emotion, but now he embraced it, let it flow through him, settling in his center like a coiled snake ready to strike."
"Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hatred leads to suffering."
"There is no good or evil. Only those with power, and those without it."
"Evil? What a childish notion. Unworthy of you, Vos. Today's lesson begins with this: There is no good or evil. Only those with power, and those without it."
"It is difficult to step away from everything, to let go. But do it, Vos. Come away from that false world. Join me!"
"You think if your little holoshow didn’t convince me, something else will?"
"But you will break all the same. And it will be your choice to do so."
"Make him look," Dooku ordered sharply, and there was steel in his voice.
"I believe in the old adage Know your enemy," Dooku said.
"You can make me touch it," Vos gasped, "but you can’t force me to read it!"
"Funny how one’s priorities could shift so completely in the most unexpected of ways."
"Look. The plan is simple. You’re running a distraction. That’s it."
"I trusted you." His voice shook as he raged. "I believed you."
"I did lie to you. And I lied to you because I was afraid."
"I brought your lightsaber back to you," she said. "Yours. I kept it safe for you."
"That," Vos growled, "is the worst lie of all."
"I am so sorry. This is the only way you can be free."
"You don’t understand," Ventress cried. "You weren’t there!"
"Ventress, by all that is good in this galaxy, can we please settle this later?"
"Nice to see you too, Anakin," Vos said, peering up, baffled, through the hole Anakin had just cut in the ceiling.
"Strap yourselves in," Ventress called back to them, "we’re not out of trouble yet!"
"I made the wrong decision. I should have just seized the chance to escape when you came for me. But I thought if I stayed, I could complete the mission. I never for a moment thought you’d really believe I’d turned. If I’ve lost you, it wasn’t worth it. Nothing would be worth it."
"Performed well, you have, Master Vos," Yoda said.
"Saved your lives, Vos did, with his warning," Yoda added.
"We need you right where you are, Desh," Kenobi said.
"I brought an extra cloak," Kenobi told Vos. "Here."
"There is no emotion, there is peace. There is no ignorance, there is knowledge. There is no passion, there is serenity. There is no chaos, there is harmony. There is no death, there is the Force."
"Dull the senses, attachment does, but open the eyes, betrayal can."
"The truth to me has been granted. Taken by the dark side, Quinlan Vos has been, though conceal it well, he does."
"You can't grasp the full power of the dark side. You're too afraid to wield it."
"Close to the end. Close to being utterly and completely free."
"This isn’t about you. This plan was about us. Together. Remember?"
"Sometimes it’s easier to ask forgiveness than permission."
"The only good news is, we now also have Count Dooku in custody."
"I wonder what he could want. Reach out to him immediately."
"No way," Vos said. "You said something about an introduction, if I recall."
"This man was steeped in the dark side of the Force, saturated with it."
"Master," Dooku replied, his voice laced with a tone Ventress had never heard in it: subservience.
"You seem to have disappeared for quite a while."
"Assassin? You know my feelings about the kind of help you are wont to employ."
"Master, we are too exposed here on Christophsis. We must find a safe haven."
"Perhaps," Darth Sidious said. His hologram disappeared.
"You heard what Master Windu said. Kill anyone who gets in our way!"
"I never expected to find beauty on Dathomir."
"Rest, now, my love. I brought you to Dathomir. Your sisters don’t have to wait any longer."
"Every day, every minute of my life, I’ll live it. For me, and for you."
"Remember… you always have a choice to be better. You always have a choice to… to pick the right path."
"And always remember… that I loved you, with all of my heart."