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Some of my favourite lines / quotes from the Thrawn Short Story “Side Trip”

I reread “Side Trip” today and had totally forgotten how much I enjoyed this story! We have (undercover) Thrawn, Vader, Veers, Black Sun and Smugglers! I mean how could that not be good? Anyway, here we go:

1. "I believe (…) I can find my own way to be a hero." (Maximilian Veers, Side Trip)

2. "Art? You think the defacement of buildings is art?" (Thrawn, Side Trip)

3. “Loyalty is one of the two qualities I value most in my subordinates and colleagues." "And the other?" Niriz asked, pouring a glass for himself. “Competence." (Thrawn, Side Trip)

4. "I sense that this Rebellion is more powerful and better organized than perhaps Lord Vader realizes.” His glowing red eyes glittered as he took a sip from his glass. "But that's not our concern. At least for now." (Thrawn, Side Trip)

5. “The Unknown Regions are calling.“ (Thrawn, Side Trip)

6. “Your concern is noted," Grand Admiral Thrawn said, running a gauntleted hand through his blue-black hair. "And appreciated, as well." (Thrawn, Side Trip)

7. "When hasn't something you planned gone as anticipated?" he asked dryly. Thrawn smiled faintly in return. "Any number of times, Captain," he said. "Fortunately, I've usually been able to improvise an alternate approach." (Thrawn, Side Trip)

8. Thrawn smiled again. "Don't worry, Captain, I'll be fine.“ (Thrawn, Side Trip)

9. “Leave it and go. If you don't (…) I promise you will regret it." (Thrawn, Side Trip)

10. "We'll finish this some other time." (…) "Whenever you're tired of life." (Thrawn, Side Trip)

11. "The show's over," he announced, looking around at the bystanders. "Stay and buy a drink, or get moving." (Thrawn, Side Trip)

12. "We'll take the long table in the back (…) and some privacy." (Thrawn, Side Trip)

13. “Chassu's Selonian nudes (…) displayed for a private reception (…). Four hours, ten thousand credits per person.” (…) „I'll have to see if I can obtain an invitation to it.“ (Thrawn, Side Trip)

14. "I thought I would appeal to Thyne's sense of justice." "You'd have an easier time finding the Katana fleet." (Corran Horn, Side Trip)

15. It seemed as if Thyne's definition of art was intimately wrapped up with the concepts of nudity, excess and a color scheme that relied heavily on pinks, purples and an irritatingly vibrant shade of green. Some of the statuary-what little of it actually could have found a home in the Museum of Fine Arts-had been garishly corrected by application of this color scheme, with excess paint having spilled down the walls. The paintings showed Corran a view of models he thought more appropriate for xenobiological textbooks and the holographs seemed the visual equivalent of a high-pitched scream. "How much were you going to offer me to kill him?" (Thrawn, Side Trip)

16. "Come see me (…) when your boasts are not idle." (Thrawn, Side Trip)

17. "Of course, handling things in a diplomatic manner works best (…). Then again, there are times when one has to be undiplomatic." (Thrawn, Side Trip)

18. “Someone with such inferior taste should not be hard to catch.“ (Thrawn, Side Trip)

19. “I am not of a mind to let someone else eliminate annoyances from my life." (Thrawn, Side Trip)

20. “You may be good- you may even be better than I give you credit for being-but I'm still better." (Thrawn, Side Trip)

21. “I'm all that stands between you and your freedom.” (Thrawn, Side Trip)

22. "Don't push it, Niriz." (Thrawn, Side Trip)

23. "I need you less than you might think," Niriz retorted. "Certainly less than you need an Imperial pardon for that mess you left on Borkyne." (Thrawn, Side Trip)

24. "I know that what I'm doing violates the law, but I do it because that's what I do. I take the risks, I make some money, or I get sent to Kessel. It's all very straightforward. (…) The Rebels, they do everything I would do, but they say they are entitled to do it because the law is wrong and the Empire is wrong. They're really just making excuses for their actions so they can feel they're noble when they're really no better than I am." (Corran Horn, Side Trip)

25. ”Thyne is Black Sun?" "Claw-picked by Prince Xizor.” (Thrawn, Side Trip)

26. “Mark their name well, Captain: the Noghri. I guarantee you'll be hearing more of them." (Thrawn, Side Trip)

27. "What did you think of Palpatine Triumphant?""The throne being built of bones gave me nightmares." Corran shivered, knowing the nightmares had not come from the skullsand shattered bones, but the homicidally gleeful expression of joy on the Emperor's face. "As a final masterpiece it does the job, but I would have liked to see him return to Selonian studies.""His loss was a pity."(Thrawn, Side Trip)

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