John Ostrander > Quotes

“So -- where do you want to go now, pateesa?" "Forward, Syn. Only way we can go. My father always said 'We take what is given.' Felt like all the galaxy ever handed me was darkness and grief. Like Krayt, I took what was given and gave into my anger... wrapped the anger around me so close, it blocked out the light. Suffocated myself in death and darkness until I forgot how to live. Tried to cut myself off from the Force so I didn't have to feel anything. Tried to make my heart a void... But nothing's a void -- not even in space. I've seen the way all things connect. Energy flows through the galaxy. Creating life, healing it. As long as the galaxy exists, life will find a way. There is no Death -- There is only the Force”
― John Ostrander, Star Wars: Legacy, Volume 11: War

“You have lost nothing that matters. You have everything you need. Everything before leads up to now and now leads to what shall be.”
― John Ostrander, The Batman Chronicles (1995-2001) #5

“Knowledge does not enter the unquiet mind.”
― John Ostrander, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi, Vol. 2: Prisoner of Bogan

“Heh. Deny it all you want, colonel. At heart, we're both flip sides of the same coin: wolves who don't fit in the pack.”
― John Ostrander, Suicide Squad (1987-1992) #7 (Suicide Squad

“Your anger is like a violent storm, Cade. Your emotions swirl, churning inside of you. You have to find a place of peace within that anger. An "eye" in the storm. You must center yourself within that calm eye -- in the Light. You think you cannot know peace, but the possibility of peace is all around you. If a thought or memory intrudes on your meditation, it must be like the shadow of a cloud passing across a moon. Let it go.”
― John Ostrander, Star Wars: Legacy, Volume 2: Shards

“I realized that the Internet could be a mask as surely as any cowl. I could assume an identity — and this time, not a second-hand version of someone else. This would be mine — my mask, my shield — my persona.” ”
― John Ostrander

“A little over a year has passed since my old life ended, since I died and was reborn. The shadows remain, but only to give contrast to the light. I am no longer a distaff impersonation of someone else. I'm me--more that I have ever been. My life is my own. I embrace it, and the light, with a deep, continuing joy.”
― John Ostrander