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Matthew Woodring Stover (born 1962) is an American fantasy and science fiction novelist.
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“"Reasons are for peasants."”
“You can kill me, but you can't make me obey.”
“When all choices seem wrong, choose restraint.”
“A powerful enough metaphor grows its own truth.”
“We always volunteer, sir. All of us. It's who we are.”
“When you save someone's life. It's always temporary, y'know?”
“"Maybe. A powerful. Enough. Metaphor. Grows. Its own. Truth."”
“This is the most valuable lesson one can teach a fanatic: that fanaticism is self-defeating.”
“"Shit, kid, thinking about that makes me all warm and fuzzy inside, like I just ate a kitten."”
“Jedi are supposed to stand for something, aren't you? You're supposed to stand up for what's right. No matter what.”
“I gave them the word of a Jedi Master that if they surrendered I would keep them from harm. I will not be made a liar.”
“Fairy tales--simple stories for simple minds, a breath of air to cool brows overheated by the complexities of real life.”
“"I guess heroes feel like they've accomplished something."
"And you haven't? Several thousand slaves might disagree."”
"And you haven't? Several thousand slaves might disagree."”
“Don't care about gods. Gods are irrelevant. What counts is people. What counts is having respect for each other.”
“Our enemy is power mistaken for justice. Our enemy is the desperation that justifies atrocity. The Jedi's true enemy is the jungle.”
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About Matthew Stover
Matthew Woodring Stover (born 1962) is an American fantasy and science fiction novelist.