A review by nikshelby
I, Jedi by Michael A. Stackpole
5.0
Corran Horn is an excellent character. Mirax is awesome (but, too little seen). Love Mara Jade snippets. Gotta love a reread of a classic EU novel.
>>> "Mirax noted, that carrying a child for a full nine months meant she would already have 3.11 years of fourth-hour weeks of child care logged and that I would owe her. "
>>> "That is the purpose of life, is it not? To create life is the greatest act a loving creature can commit." the solemnity and truth in his words hit me hard.
>>> "Corran: "It all comes down to the nature of evil doesn't it? Evil is selfishness, while good is selfless. If intake an action that benefits me, only me, and hurts others, I am evil. If I do what must be done to prevent harm to others, if I become a buffer between them and evil, then My actions will be good."
Elegos: "Your intentions will be good. Without consideration and forethought, however, your actions could still be evil. That is the problem of course, evil is always easy and resisting it is never so. Evil is relentless; and anyone, if they tire, if they are not vigilant, can fall prey to it. "
Corran: "and there are situations where opposing evil may result in harm coming to the innocent."
Elegos: "it does happen, yes. Life is not without pain, but life concerns itself with how we handle that pain, or joy, or confusion, or triumph. Life is more than time passing before death, it is the sum and total of all we make of it. Decisions may not be easy, but many is the time when not making a decision, not taking an action is worse than a poor decision. Evil flourishes when it is not opposed, and those who are able to oppose it must to protect those who cannot protect themselves."
>>> "Mirax noted, that carrying a child for a full nine months meant she would already have 3.11 years of fourth-hour weeks of child care logged and that I would owe her. "
>>> "That is the purpose of life, is it not? To create life is the greatest act a loving creature can commit." the solemnity and truth in his words hit me hard.
>>> "Corran: "It all comes down to the nature of evil doesn't it? Evil is selfishness, while good is selfless. If intake an action that benefits me, only me, and hurts others, I am evil. If I do what must be done to prevent harm to others, if I become a buffer between them and evil, then My actions will be good."
Elegos: "Your intentions will be good. Without consideration and forethought, however, your actions could still be evil. That is the problem of course, evil is always easy and resisting it is never so. Evil is relentless; and anyone, if they tire, if they are not vigilant, can fall prey to it. "
Corran: "and there are situations where opposing evil may result in harm coming to the innocent."
Elegos: "it does happen, yes. Life is not without pain, but life concerns itself with how we handle that pain, or joy, or confusion, or triumph. Life is more than time passing before death, it is the sum and total of all we make of it. Decisions may not be easy, but many is the time when not making a decision, not taking an action is worse than a poor decision. Evil flourishes when it is not opposed, and those who are able to oppose it must to protect those who cannot protect themselves."