Joaquin > Joaquin's Quotes

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“And I'm dying to know, is it killing you like it's killing me? And the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now.”
― Taylor Swift

“I've found time can heal most anything and you just might find who you're supposed to be.”
― Taylor Swift

“Sometimes the person you'd take a bullet for is the person behind the trigger.”
― Taylor Swift

“But you held your pride like you should've held me”
― Taylor Swift

“Loving him was like driving a new Maserati down a dead end street; faster than the winds, passionate as sin, ending so suddenly.”
― Taylor Swift

“Fighting with him was like trying to solve a crossword and realizing there's no right answer”
― Taylor Swift

“I'm a crumbled up piece of paper lying here, 'cause I remember it all too well”
― Taylor Swift

“So casually cruel in the name of being honest”
― Taylor Swift , Taylor Swift - Red: Easy Piano Songbook

“It matters which side we choose. Even if there will never be more light than darkness. Even if there can be no more joy in the galaxy than there is pain. For every action we undertake, for every word we speak, for every life we touch—it matters. I don’t turn toward the light because it means someday I’ll ‘win’ some sort of cosmic game. I turn toward it because it is the light.”
― Claudia Gray, Master & Apprentice

“...It would mean the darkness would be just as strong as the light. So it doesn’t matter what we do, because in the end, hey, it’s a tie! It doesn’t matter which side we choose.”
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“It matters,” Qui-Gon said quietly. “It matters which side we choose. Even if there will never be more light than darkness. Even if there can be no more joy in the galaxy than there is pain. For every action we undertake, for every word we speak, for every life we touch—it matters. I don’t turn toward the light because it means someday I’ll ‘win’ some sort of cosmic game. I turn toward it because it is the light.”
― Claudia Gray, Master and Apprentice

“People are more than their worst act.”
― Claudia Gray, Master and Apprentice

“What use are ideals if we cannot fit them to the universe as we find it?” Qui-Gon had once asked him. “If our beliefs tell us one thing, and the needs of real people tell us another, can there be any question of which we should listen to?” This all sounded very lofty when Qui-Gon said it, but in actuality it meant things like, It’s okay to “borrow” a spaceship from criminals if you really need it, or If I can win this tribe’s independence in a game of chance, then it’s worth selling my Padawan’s best robe for chips to get into the game.”
― Claudia Gray, Master and Apprentice

“People are more than their worst act. And they are also more than the worst thing ever done to them.”
― Claudia Gray, Master and Apprentice

“...And partly because I wanted to give them a chance to be… better. Bigger of spirit. That rescue suggests they have it in them.” “People are more than their worst act,” Obi-Wan recited. It was something Qui-Gon had said to him many times, which at last seemed to be sinking in.”
― Claudia Gray, Master and Apprentice

“Rael Averross: "Let's say I believe that some day there's going to be perfect balance in the force, thanks to some kind of chosen one. Did you ever really think about what that would mean Qui-Gon? It would mean the darkness would be just as strong as the light. So it doesn't matter what we do because in the end, hey, it's a tie. It doesn't matter which side we choose."

Qui-Gon straightened and deactivated his blade. Rael took a step back, lowering his lightsaber but keeping it on. "It matters." Quin Gon said quietly. "It matters which side we choose. Even if there will never be more light than darkness. Even if there can be no more joy in the galaxy than there is pain. For every action we undertake, for every word we speak, for very life we touch, it matters. I don't turn toward the light because it means some day I'll win some sort of cosmic game. I turn toward it because it is the light.

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Averross: "You've made mistakes Qui-gon. You've touched darkness."
Qui-Gon: "Yes i have. No doubt I will again. This isn't a choice we make once and walk away from. It's the work of a lifetime.”
― Claudia Gray, Master and Apprentice

“Some people, he thought, are drawn to the light as surely as flowers that bend toward a sun.”
― Claudia Gray, Master and Apprentice

“We don’t choose the light because we want to win. We choose it because it is the light.”
― Claudia Gray, Master and Apprentice

“The man has a soul, Qui-Gon thought. But he makes her carry it.”
― Claudia Gray, Master and Apprentice

“My vision may agree with my opinion but neither one influences the other”
― Claudia Gray, Master and Apprentice

“I’m coming to believe that we must all interpret the Code for ourselves,” Qui-Gon said, “or it ceases to be a living pact and becomes nothing but a prison cell.”
― Claudia Gray, Master and Apprentice

“People are more than their worst act,” Obi-Wan recited. It was something Qui-Gon had said to him many times, which at last seemed to be sinking in. “At least, most people. And they are also more than the worst thing ever done to them.”
― Claudia Gray, Master and Apprentice

“We don't choose the light because we want to win. We choose it because it is the light.”
― claudia gray, Master and Apprentice

“I take a longer look at the words on her headstone.
Brave, kind, loyal, sweet, loving, graceful, strong, thoughtful, funny, genuine, hopeful, playful, insightful, and on and on…
Was she, though? Was she any of those things? The words make me angry. I can’t look at them any longer.
Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them?”
― Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died

“Hear me, X-Men! No longer am I the woman you knew! I am Fire and Life incarnate! Now and forever - I am PHOENIX!”
― Chris Claremont, X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga

“Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. ”
― Carrie Fisher

“There's no room for demons when you're self-possessed.”
― Carrie Fisher

“To live will be an awfully big adventure.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

“To die will be an awfully big adventure.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

“Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan