Lost Stars Quotes

“Ciena had been raised knowing that her word was her bond and her honor the only possession that could ever truly matter.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“One of the local children had begun jeering at the Bodach’i. “That’s what you get! You think you can push the Emperor around? Showed you!” One of the stormtroopers nodded in approval, then patted the child’s head. That boy could be no more than seven or eight years old—the age Thane was when he’d decided to join the Imperial fleet. That was how evil magnified itself: it took root in the young and grew along with them. Each generation provided the next level of abuse. We’re teaching children to approve of slavery. We’re teaching them cruelty is a virtue. But”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“Confirmed. Complete negative on Imperial activity,' Yendor replied. 'Unless the Empire's drafting small woodland creatures all of a sudden.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“Shyriiwook”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“Era uno de esos momentos perfectos, aún más espectaculares porque en un instante desaparecería para siempre.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“...no importaba quién estuviera bien o mal, las reglas las establecía aquel que llevaba el mando.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“what began as hunger simply to leave Jelucan had ripened into genuine wanderlust.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“Although Ciena would have liked to have gone down to Cloud City, perhaps to meet Jude’s parents, she remained aboard the Executor.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“But by ending the war now, before it truly begins, the Death Star will save more lives than it took.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“If there’s any chance that the good in the Empire can outweigh the bad, then it’s our duty to preserve it.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“The Empire wanted not only its officers’ service but also their souls.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“Then they both laughed, more gently this time, and he kissed her forehead again.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“jewels”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“If the good people leave, doesn’t that make everything worse?”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“Things fall apart, Ciena. Our parents saw the Republic self-destruct. The Empire might last another year or another decade, but eventually there’s going to be a brand-new order and brand-new law. Who will you serve then?”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“That wasn’t loyalty to the Empire. That was…fanaticism.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“Self-doubt will cripple you more surely than fear ever could.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“Those who were brutalized sometimes became brutal in return.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“The Force had a way of bringing people together when the time was right.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“Ciena needed a superior officer she could respect. Someone who would take charge, someone in whom she could put her trust.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“One wrong didn’t excuse another.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“His cynical nature told him nobody was too pure or noble to be corrupted—but it also told him people who benefited from the status quo rarely tried to change it.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“All Imperial officers should be prepared to sacrifice their lives to do their duty.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“But you couldn’t look to the fates for justice. You had to take retribution into your own hands. The Empire had taught him that.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“On Imperial ships, officers were encouraged to drink nutritive beverages instead of consuming food; it was more efficient in terms of both ship resources and officer time, and the medics insisted the nutritives were healthier, too.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“That’s the weird part—I don’t know. Apparently, this station is brand-new and still ‘classified.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“So Thane had a voyage to Alderaan to look forward to.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“Then they turned away from each other to walk into the crowd, meet new people, and become the citizens of the Empire they were always meant to be.”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“5251977. This”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars

“¿Qué tenía de moral explotarte a ti mismo cuando sencillamente podías escapar, conservando tu vida para volver a pelear una vez más?”
― Claudia Gray, Lost Stars