A.C. Crispin > Quotes

“Remember that on any world the wind eventually wears away the stone, because the stone can only crumble; the wind can change.”
― A.C. Crispin, Time for Yesterday

“All that blood and...stuff. Me, I'll take intelligent cowardice over foolhardy bravery any day”
― A. C. Crispin, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom

“What good will convincing the princess do?" Bria asked. "I know she's supposed to be well-loved, but she's still just a young girl."

"The viceroy is considering appointing her Alderaan's representative to the Imperial Senate next year," Winter said. "Don't underestimate Leia's strength of purpose or influence.”
― A.C. Crispin, Rebel Dawn

“Don't you see, Lynn? We have to help . . . or else we won't have learned a thing.”
― A. C. Crispin, V

“He was relaxing in his cabin after one particularly strenuous workout, sprawled facedown across his bunk, reading. The volume was one of Kirk's own cherished bound books. "The kind of book you can hold in your hands," as Sam Cogley had put it. The lawyer had introduced him to the hobby of collecting "real" books, and Kirk had found this remarkably well-preserved copy of an old favorite in an antique shop on Canpus IV. He was absorbed in the adventures of Captain Nemo and the Nautilus when the door signal flashed.”
― A.C. Crispin, Yesterday’s Son

“Obedient to her captain's will, The Black Pearl followed her dark angel over the azure water; as fast as the wind, as free as the men who sailed her. it was almost as though she knew she was a legend in the making, destined for adventures both great and terrible...”
― A.C. Crispin, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom

“Memories should console, not enslave.”
― A.C. Crispin, Ancestor's World

“There it is. The Millennium Falcon.”
― A.C. Crispin, The Hutt Gambit

“To have a good memory is to be both blessed and cursed …”
― A.C. Crispin, The Paradise Snare

“Ten thousand credits, Han thought. Never thought I’d be desperate enough to risk it all on one high-stakes sabacc game … especially if I’m playing against a sharpie like Lando …”
― A.C. Crispin, The Hutt Gambit

“Finally, she'd found a group on Corellia that had helped her deal with her addiction, helped her realize why she felt so empty, so driven. "It took me months of hard digging into myself," she said. "Months to figure out why I wanted to hurt myself. I finally got it through my head that just because my mother hated and despised me for not being what she wanted me to be, I didn't have to hate myself. I didn't have to destroy myself in some twisted attempt to please her.”
― A.C. Crispin, Rebel Dawn

“During their visits, the Vulcan discovered that D'berahan was actually a carrier, not a female. But you refer to yourself as "she," he told her. Please teach me the correct term in your language.

[The thought/concept/word you have grasped is correct] came the amused reply. [Among my people, we have but one way of expressing all gender... as "life-giver." Your universal translators rendered this as "she," and so we are all known... males, females, and carriers. Are we not all givers-of-life?]”
― A.C. Crispin, Time for Yesterday

“No — other men's eye's don't do anything for me, I'm afraid." Sulu grinned.”
― A.C. Crispin, Yesterday's Son

“Hey,” Han said, “Jabba’s a friend of mine. You kill me, he won’t take it kindly.” The Priest laughed wheezily. “Hutts do not have friends,” he said. “Farewell, Solo.” Pointing the blaster at Han, the Priest’s small, stubby finger began to tighten on the trigger.”
― A.C. Crispin, Rebel Dawn

“Nobody else. I don’t care about anybody else. Nobody gets close, from now on. I don’t care how pretty she is, how smart, or how sweet. No friend, no lover … nobody is worth this kind of pain. From now on, it’s just me … Solo.”
― A.C. Crispin, The Paradise Snare

“Understanding (not necessarily acceptance) is vital in dealing with other people, whether those people are human, Simiu, Mizari, or energy beings.”
― A.C. Crispin, StarBridge

“unrelieved black set off her pale skin and exquisite bone structure. Her”
― A.C. Crispin, The Hutt Gambit

“Once he’d realized how the t’landa Til ability could be utilized, it had been a simple matter for Aruk to make up some doctrine, compose a few hymns, and write several chants and litanies. And that was all it took to produce a “religion” that credulous fools belonging to inferior species could embrace.”
― A.C. Crispin, The Hutt Gambit