37 Quotes by Daniel José Older

The unifying power of the original source of our new era flows through them, much like what many organics foolishly call”—he raised both hands, crooking all six fingers into crude quotation marks, and rolled his eyes—“ah, the Force!”“Oh, that ol’ thing,” Lando said, shrugging.

I mean, most people write all of us off. Droids. But especially me. I’m easy to write off, in a way.”“El, no.”She shushed him with a hand. “Don’t. I know who I am and that all my talk about droid rights and everything else makes people uncomfortable. The Maker didn’t put me in this galaxy to make organics feel good about themselves, though.

Han hated planning. He also hated preparing. But what he really hated above everything else, besides maybe the Empire itself, was meetings.

Then one day, lo! The Empire falls and the holos are all abuzz with chatter about the man who blew up the second Death Star. Who is this dashing mystery man? This rogue gambler turned baron administrator turned hero of the Rebellion?

The sky grows dark over the city as Janey tells me her story. Teh beast was supposed to help their community. Something that would look good in a brochure, I suppose. But instead, it cut loose, took out in to the Williamsburg night. Janey and the kids went after it , and when they finally caught up what does it do? The thing ate a hipster.

Just like an organic to be so binary in their logic. A thing can be a thing and also not a thing, you know.

His mind inevitably spun toward thoughts of open space, the escalating tremble of a ship about to enter hyperspace, the thrill of flitting carefree from moon to moon. Everything had seemed so simple during those heady, breathless years of rebellion.

I am a thing beyond the petty politics of hopes and fear.

L3 shook her head. “Now is the only time. Right now.