37 Quotes by Daniel José Older

Organics fumbled through existence and then failed. Millions and millions of them, over and over. They were, by any standard, the lesser beings in any equation. But they had the arrogance to enslave droids, harvest them for prosthetic parts, send them to fight their wars, where they were destroyed in droves with the flash of a cannon or saber. And for what?

PANTS: DARK PURPLE WITH A gold stripe up either side. Pressed and creased sharply down the middle, of course. Subtly flared at the hems over shined and waxed narrow-tip dewback-skin boots, sloping inward and tight toward the top. Tight enough for a bulge and the insinuation of an ass.

And it sounds like two tectonic plates are getting it on somewhere beneath us

Ben nodded then opened a toothy grin of his own. “Unca Wanwo!”“Hey, little starfighter,” Lando said.“All right,” Leia said. “I’ll let you guys go. Be safe out there.” She blew Han a kiss and waved at the other two. “Say bye, Ben.”“Come back, Dada,” Ben said, articulating each word carefully.

We thought Forever-Player Lando was bad. Head-Over-Heels Lando might be ten times worse.”“Yikes. Hadn’t thought of that.

Fighters ahead,” Taka warned. “Look sharp.”“I always look sharp,” Lando chuckled.

The Falcon ready?” Sana asked.“Always, sister. Always.”“Are you, though?”“Usually, sister. Usually.

The boy had seemed to light up the whole world when he'd first arrived: this simple, impossible sliver of hope amid so much death and destruction.

You have a strange relationship with this droid,” Prita pointed out.“She has a strange relationship with herself,” Lando said. “I’m just along for the ride.