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Matthew Woodring Stover

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Matthew Woodring Stover is an American fantasy and science fiction novelist. He is most well known for his four Star Wars novels, including the novelization of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.

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Notable works: Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

About Matthew Woodring Stover

Matthew Woodring Stover is an American fantasy and science fiction novelist. He is most well known for his four Star Wars novels, including the novelization of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. He has also written several fantasy novels, including Iron Dawn and Jericho Moon. He has written four science-fiction/fantasy hybrid stories featuring a hero named Caine: Heroes Die, Blade of Tyshalle, and Caine Black Knife, with the most recent, Caine's Law, released April 4, 2012.

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Quotes by Matthew Woodring Stover

A human life is defined by its relationship with others: by its duty to its species. In the face of this duty,…

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Civilization

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If you take out the team in teamwork, it's just work. Now who wants that?

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Team

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“It is a truism that when one is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. The glory of art is that it…

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Art

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Jedi do not fight for peace. That's only a slogan, and is as misleading as slogans always are. Jedi fight for civilization,…

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Civilization

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When I write a book, I put everything I have into it; so the more I have, the more the books become.…

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Believe

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Can't trust a fascist--truth is always your first sacrifice to the welfare of the state

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Fascists

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Each of us is the sum of our scars.

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Clarity

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“There's only really two things about a man that matter: what he wants, and what he'll do to get it. Everythin' else…

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“Okay, maybe I don't have to solve every problem with my fists...but every once in awhile, a situation arises that is substantially…

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A tale is told of twin boys born to different mothers. One is dark by nature, the other light. One is rich,…

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Blind

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“He who lives by the sword dies by my knife!”

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“Once you sand the corners off consequences, people start to get really fucking weird.”

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A powerful enough metaphor grows its own truth.

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Enough

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When all choices seem wrong, choose restraint.

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Choices

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Only human, after all.

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Humans

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“Suddenly he felt like everything was all wrong. He’d made wrong choices every day of his life. In his mind’s eye floated…

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Darth vader

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At the heart of its strength is a weakness: a lone candle can hold it back. Love is more than a candle,…

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Back love

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Reasons are for peasants.

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Logic

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“Vengeance is mine saith the Lord but this morning He's going to fucking well have to share.”

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“universe.” Tan’elKoth’s tone remained dry and precise, but his face grew ever more grim. “Chambaraya is, one might say, a smaller knot…

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Bad thing

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It is in the darkest night that the light we are shines brightest

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Light

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“Bail, it’s the only way. It’s the only hope you have of remaining in a position to do anyone any good. Vote…

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Galactic-empire

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“When you eat, eat. When you sleep, sleep. When you fight, fight.”

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Sleep

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“A pair of starfighters. Jedi starfighters. Only two. Two is enough. Two is enough because the adults are wrong, and their younglings…

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Heroes

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With each victory of the light, it is the dark that wins.

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Dark

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