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| 9c417fc | A small grove of linden trees grew on the far side of the lake, below the palace. Dortchen made her way there carefully, not wanting to be seen so close to the King's residence. The trees were in full blossom, bees reeling drunkenly from the pale-yellow flowers that hung down in clusters below the heart-shaped leaves. Dortchen harvested what she could reach, breathing the sweet scent deeply, then picked handfuls of the wild roses that grew .. | flower-picking flowers forest herbs | Kate Forsyth | |
| ac72129 | Five standard years have passed since Darth Sidious proclaimed himself galactic Emperor. The brutal Clone Wars are a memory, and the Emperor's apprentice, Darth Vader, has succeeded in hunting down most of the Jedi who survived dreaded Order 66. | James Luceno | ||
| c859954 | Not yet," Shryne said, as if to himself "Then you're his apprentice?" His eyes darted right and left, searching for some means of escape. "Is Sidious also in league with Emperor Palpatine?" Vader fell silent for a moment, making up his mind about something. "Lord Sidious is the Emperor." | James Luceno | ||
| 216d09f | Even the brightest of dreams-come-true had shadowy recesses. | James Luceno | ||
| 861e55c | How Plagueis would have mocked him for allowing himself to become personally involved in such a seemingly trivial matter; but then his Master had never foreseen that his onetime apprentice would become Emperor. | James Luceno | ||
| 72db610 | Well, could even a Jedi know the future? | James Luceno | ||
| aa9ed58 | Science doesn't take sides, does it? | James Luceno | ||
| 4aaa54d | You don't mind that the war will go on and on?" "Palpatine could have prevented it. Now it's up to people like you to end it." Tarkin nodded. "And so we shall." -- | clone-wars galen-erso rogue-one star-wars tarkin | James Luceno | |
| 8af0ace | I owe you a debt," he told Vader. "It took you to bring me back to the Force." "And you to firm my faith in the power of the dark side, Master Shryne." | James Luceno | ||
| fde2b1c | Time and again the two Jedi Knights attempted to alter their style, but Vader had an answer for every lunge, parry, and riposte. His style borrowed elements from all techniques of combat, even from the highest, most dangerous levels, and his moves were crisp and unpredictable. In addition, his remarkable foresight allowed him to anticipate Forte's and Kulka's strategies and maneuvers, his blade always one step ahead of theirs, notwithstandi.. | James Luceno | ||
| f9b2954 | Your fugitive Jedi, my apprentice," Sidious said. "They are traveling to Kashyyyk." He tipped his head to one side. "Perhaps, Lord Vader, they hope to lay a trap for you." Vader clenched his hands. "That would be my most fervent wish, my Master." Sidious clamped his hands on Vader's upper arms. "Then go to them, Lord Vader. Make them sorry they didn't hide while they had the chance!" | James Luceno | ||
| cc44b97 | For the moment it was enough that his advisers and minions respected him-for reestablishing peace, for eliminating the group that had posed the greatest threat to continued stability-but eventually those same advisers would need to fear him. To understand the great power he wielded, as both Emperor and Dark Lord of the Sith. And to that end, Sidious needed Vader. For if someone as potent as Vader answered to the Emperor, then how powerful m.. | James Luceno | ||
| 734fb35 | Under the rule of the ancient Sith, the future of the galaxy had been in the able hands of many dark sovereigns. Now responsibility for maintaining order rested only with Darth Sidious. | James Luceno | ||
| fa6594e | Could Vader actually be Anakin Skywalker? the two men wondered. Based on Obi-Wan's account of what had occurred on Mustafar, Anakin's survival didn't seem possible. But perhaps Obi-Wan had underestimated Anakin. Perhaps Anakin's peerless strength in the Force had allowed him to survive. | James Luceno | ||
| 9b471a2 | I don't work for the Republic, and I'm certainly not about to work for Count Dooku." "Science doesn't take sides, is that it?" | James Luceno | ||
| 2cabb03 | Dooku chose his next words carefully. "Qui-Gon returned from Tatooine with a former slave boy. According to the boy's mother, the boy had no father." | James Luceno | ||
| 88613b5 | Understand this: you no longer represent your homeworlds solely. "Coruscant, Alderaan, Chandrila ... All these and tens of thousands of worlds far removed from the Core are cells of the Empire, and what affects one, affects us all. No disturbances will be tolerated. "Interplanetary squabbles or threats of secession will meet with harsh reprisals. I have not led us through three years of galactic warfare to allow a resurgence of the old ways.. | James Luceno | ||
| 79397ae | Qui-Gon believes that the boy--Anakin is his name--stands at the center of a vergence in the Force, and believes further that his finding him was the will of the Force. | James Luceno | ||
| 438846a | Where Darth Sidious had gained everything, Vader had lost everything, including-for the moment, at least-the self-confidence and unbridled skill he had demonstrated as Anakin Skywalker. | James Luceno | ||
| 3c1d643 | His strategy of flying boldly into the face of adversity was studied and taught, and during the Clone Wars would come to be known as "the Tarkin Rush," | James Luceno | ||
| eb7f1fc | Vader might very well be Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, whom Tarkin had fought beside during the Clone Wars, and for whom he had developed a grudging appreciation. | James Luceno | ||
| e3f3c26 | Tarkin had long nursed suspicions about who Vader was beneath the black face mask and helmet, as well as how he had come to be, but he knew better than to give open voice to his thoughts. | James Luceno | ||
| d8051d0 | His father placed his elbows on the table and leaned toward him. "We need to know if you are simply ordinary or larger than life." To the best of his ability, he mulled over the notion of being larger than life. "Did you have to go there when you were young?" His father nodded. "Were you afraid?" His father sat back into his tall, brocaded armchair, as if in recall. "In the beginning I was. Until I learned to overcome fear." | James Luceno | ||
| ddb346c | And the Jedi?" Lyra asked. "Also doing what they can. But remember, Dooku is one of their own, and he's a crafty opponent. At times he seems to be able to read our minds, if not simply outguess us." | James Luceno | ||
| 3451462 | Where Darth Sidious had gained everything, Vader had lost everything. | star-wars | James Luceno | |
| 14f29e0 | It was that genuflecting obedience, the steadfast devotion to execute whatever task the Emperor assigned, that had given rise to so many rumors about Vader: that he was a counterpart to the Confederacy's General Grievous the Emperor had been holding in reserve; that he was an augmented human or near-human who had been trained or had trained himself in the ancient dark arts of the Sith; that he was nothing more than a monster fashioned in so.. | James Luceno | ||
| 6537e49 | Qui-Gon was the key to everything. | James Luceno | ||
| 1fb6546 | Because equality is sameness--and the last thing the world needs is sameness. | Neale Donald Walsch | ||
| 74bfdb0 | Finally, don't try to "get out" of anything. What you resist, persists. I" | Neale Donald Walsch | ||
| 2143545 | There is a broad-based guideline, however, upon which most evolved souls have agreed. No action which causes hurt to another leads to rapid evolution. There is a second guideline as well. No action involving another may be taken without the other's agreement and permission. | Neale Donald Walsch | ||
| 1852cef | we are all led to the truth for which we are ready. | Neale Donald Walsch | ||
| ee89863 | It is all a question of perception. When you change your perception, you change your thought, and your thought creates your reality. Whatever outcome you could anticipate in any situation is already there for you. All | Neale Donald Walsch | ||
| feed877 | Look to see who is truly serving the world, truly seeking to share wisdom and knowledge, insight and understanding, caring and compassion. Provide for those people, and provide grandly. Pay them the highest honor. Give them the largest amount. For these are the Bringers of the Light. | Neale Donald Walsch | ||
| c2a0b13 | It is no more immoral to kill yourself quickly than it is to kill yourself slowly. | Neale Donald Walsch | ||
| f618c3b | It is true that religions could not exist if the whole human race understood that God doesn't have preferences, because a religion purports to be a statement of God's preferences. | Neale Donald Walsch | ||
| 9d7879c | The difference between human cultures and the civilizations of Highly Evolved Beings is that HEBs actually apply the law of reciprocity in their lives, rather than just giving it lip service. | Neale Donald Walsch | ||
| 3c331a1 | In the creation of individual reality, thought control, or what some might call prayer--is everything. Prayer? Thought control is the highest form of prayer. Therefore, think only on good things, and righteous. Dwell | Neale Donald Walsch | ||
| df35fb8 | Words are the least reliable purveyor of Truth. | Neale Donald Walsch | ||
| d5c3b29 | be. We have always yearned to experience | Neale Donald Walsch | ||
| 1f89e72 | Your refusal to contemplate your own death leads to your refusal to contemplate your own life. | Neale Donald Walsch | ||
| de3d654 | When human relationships fail . . . they fail because they were entered into for the wrong reason. --Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations with God, Book 1 | Katherine Woodward Thomas | ||
| 279f8e9 | It has been said that if you don't see God in the profane and the profound, you're missing half the story. That is a great Truth. | Neale Donald Walsch | ||
| 0995031 | Before you start calling your last thought about something more important, more valid, more true than your next thought. Remember, it's always your new thought that creates your reality. Always. | Neale Donald Walsch | ||
| c93513c | The upper retainable income limit would be a reflection of a consciousness shift on the planet; an awareness that the highest purpose of life is not the accumulation of the greatest wealth, but the doing of the greatest good--and a corollary awareness that, indeed, the concentration of wealth, not the sharing of it, is the largest single factor in the creation of the world's most persistent and striking social and political dilemmas. | Neale Donald Walsch |