Quotes of Mike Chen

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“This was Skywalker and Kenobi as they should be: a team built on emotion and intellect, bravado and control, fire and ice.And despite no longer having the formal bond of Master and apprentice, they would always be connected. In fact, they were better this way.” ― Mike Chen, Brotherhood
“Neutrality in the face of extremism only gives the extremists more space to breathe.” ― Mike Chen, Star Wars: Brotherhood
“Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, brothers-in-arms of the Jedi Order. Together, they were unstoppable.” ― Mike Chen, Brotherhood
“If you're the one everyone relies on, if you take on people's burdens, sometimes there's just not that much left of you.” ― Mike Chen, We Could Be Heroes
“Sand. It got everywhere.” ― Mike Chen, Star Wars: Brotherhood
“Passion and purpose, locked together forever in a delicate balance.” ― Mike Chen, Star Wars: Brotherhood
“See, relations are people with the same blood. But family, that's different. Family is about who gives you hope, who gets involved. And earns the right for forgiveness. Or at least starts down the path.” ― Mike Chen, A Beginning at the End
“Without trust, we have nothing.Without truth, we have nothing.We must have faith in it. And that was as much of a part of him (Obi-Wan) as his connection to the Force.” ― Mike Chen, Brotherhood
“That was the difference between someone like her and someone like him: Obi-Wan Kenobi was too good for a galaxy at war.” ― Mike Chen, Brotherhood
“Through the mist, two silhouettes emerged, the glow of their blades giving off enough light to eliminate any doubt of who approached, of who could pull off something as impossible as this rescue.There stood Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, brothers-in-arms of the Jedi Order.And together, they were unstoppable.” ― Mike Chen, Brotherhood
“As a community, we still emphasized the importance of familial ties but finally understood that the definition of family wasn't about blood or even who or what you'd lost. It was about what gave you hope and who was willing to get involved.” ― Mike Chen, A Beginning at the End
“Somehow, he’d mistaken her being good at something for really wanting to do it.” ― Mike Chen, Here and Now and Then
“I’ll figure something out” probably wound up being the last sentence said by a lot of people in difficult scenarios.” ― Mike Chen, We Could Be Heroes
“What would life be without constantly fighting with Anakin? Obi-Wan smiled to himself. It would certainly have fewer headaches.” ― Mike Chen, Brotherhood
“Come in, Obi-Wan. This is your really annoyed former Padawan.” ― Mike Chen, Brotherhood
“Without trust, we have nothing. Without truth, we have nothing. We MUST have faith in it. (Obi-Wan Kenobi)” ― Mike Chen, Brotherhood
“Because in some ways, those letters and numbers held their marriage up across the stars.” ― Mike Chen, Star Wars: Brotherhood
“Of course. For that brief instant, Anakin didn’t care who bombed Cato Neimoidia or why; he just wished it would all disappear, that the sunless realm of Coruscant’s underworld really was a portal to another dimension, one without the Galactic Senate or the Jedi Order. But then guilt quickly draped over that, an understanding of the civilian suffering on the planet, where right now emergency medical crews attempted to rescue Neimoidians from the debris.” ― Mike Chen, Star Wars: Brotherhood
“We’re all different people all through our lives, but that’s okay, as long as you remember all the people you used to be.” ― Mike Chen, Here and Now and Then
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Mike Chen

Mike Chen is a critically acclaimed science fiction author based out of the San Francisco Bay Area. His debut novel HERE AND NOW AND THEN was a finalist for the Goodreads Choice, CALIBA Golden Poppy, and Compton Crook awards. His other novels include A BEGINN…

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