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Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.

Aaron Allston

I marked their location in case Kell wanted to blow them up or something.” “I don’t have to blow up everything I see. I just like to.
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Blow Case Kell Location Mark Something
At which time the repulsor puts out its final effort and slows you down so you crash quite slowly into the surface.” “Crash.” “Quite slowly.” Face & Luke
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Down Effort Face Final Repulsor Surface
I have to say, this sounds like the worst idea in a thousand generations of bad ideas.” “You haven’t heard all our ideas.” Luke & Bhindi Drayson
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Generation Heard Idea Sound Thousand Worst
That was interesting.” “He deliberately countermanded one of my orders.” “He was furtive.” “Sneaky, even.” “We’ll make a Rebellion-style pilot of him yet.” Tycho & Wedge (about Jag)
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Countermanded Furtive Interesting Order Sneaky Style
Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.
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Fingernail Hanging Large Luck Way
The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.
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Analysis Itself Thing
Luke, I don’t want to discourage your curiosity, but I have to remind you, if something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally embarrassing way to die.” Mara
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Curiosity Exception Something Want Way Wrong
Definition of ‘Free’: You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.
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Definition Elect Free Pay Receive
The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.
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Awful Difference Something Tragedy
Rogue Squadron doesn’t run. Unless we really, really have to.” “No, this will be Wraith Squadron’s mission.” “We don’t mind running. Even when we don’t have to.
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Mind Mission Rogue Running Squadron Unless Wraith
No, General. I’m not your subordinate. And what I’m coming dangerously close to is violence. -General Wedge Antilles
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Danger Subordinate Violence Wedge
Life is like an analogy.
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Analogies Life Positive
Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
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Fierce First Incompetent Lawyer
The good thing about being Dr. Frankenstein is that you can always make new friends.
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Doctor Frankenstein Good New Friendship Thing
Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?
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Bomb Father Hate Kill Story Wedge
There are times when the end justifies the means. But when you build an argument based on a whole series of such times, you may find that you’ve constructed an entire philosophy of evil.” –Luke Skywalker
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Evil Justify Mean Philosophy Time

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