Drew Karpyshyn > Quotes

“Honor is a fool's prize. Glory is of no use to the dead.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Path of Destruction

“Two there shall be; no more, no less. One to embody the dark side, the other to crave it.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Path of Destruction

“Honor is for the living. Dead is dead.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Path of Destruction

“I am Revan reborn. And before me you are nothing.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Revan

“Equality is a myth to protect the weak. some of us are strong in the Force, others are not. Only a fool believes otherwise.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Path of Destruction

“Grissom chose to remain completely fair and unbiased: he told every single one of them to go to hell.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Mass Effect: Revelation

“Evil is a word used by the ignorant and the weak. The Dark Side is about survival. It's about unleashing your inner power. It glorifies the strength of the individual.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Rule of Two

“When you finally betray me, I hope you care enough to try to kill my yourself.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Path of Destruction

“Equality is a lie,” Bane told her. “A myth to appease the masses. Simply look around and you will see the lie for what it is! There are those with power, those with the strength and will to lead. And there are those meant to follow—those incapable of anything but servitude and a meager, worthless existence. “Equality is a perversion of the natural order!”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Star Wars, The Darth Bane Series: Path of Destruction, Rule of Two, Dynasty of Evil

“There is no shame in falling,” Pernicar said, standing up. “There is only shame if you refuse to rise once again.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Path of Destruction

“Peace is a lie. There is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Code of the Sith”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Rule of Two

“Those who ask for mercy,” he answered coldly, “are too weak to deserve it.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Path of Destruction

“The dark side is emotion, Bane. Anger, hate, love, lust. These are what make us strong, Peace is a lie. There is only passion. Your passion is still there, Bane. Seek it out. Reclaim it.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Path of Destruction

“The mind with many secrets can never rest.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Mass Effect: Ascension

“Take what makes you weak and turn it into something that makes you strong.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Star Wars, The Darth Bane Series: Path of Destruction, Rule of Two, Dynasty of Evil

“Power comes with a price. It's a burden. It demands sacrifice.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Children of Fire

“He no longer clung to the simplistic ideals of right and wrong or good and evil. He understood better than anyone that dark and light were intertwined in strange and complex ways.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Revan

“Materialism—an attachment to physical goods beyond their practical value—was a trap; a chain to ensnare the foolish with their own greed.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Dynasty of Evil

“We Mandalorians have a saying,” Canderous explained. “A warrior who doesn’t hope for battle has no hope during battle.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Revan

“Working to make everybody equal didn’t leave much chance for anyone to achieve greatness.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Star Wars, The Darth Bane Series: Path of Destruction, Rule of Two, Dynasty of Evil

“The power of the Dark Side cannot be dispersed among the masses. It must be concentrated in the few who are worthy of the honor.”
― Drew Karpyshyn

“Are you certain of these accusations?” “I would stake my life on them, my lord Emperor.” “You already have.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Revan

“Denying or attempting to utterly control emotion, Revan felt, was a fool’s game. Jealousy was actually the result of ill-prepared Jedi being overwhelmed by feelings they had never learned to face. Revan believed Jedi could be taught to use positive emotions like love and happiness to strengthen their connection to the Force in the same way that hatred and anger gave power to those who followed the dark side.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Revan

“Equality is a lie,” Bane told her. “A myth to appease the masses. Simply look around and you will see the lie for what it is! There are those with power, those with the strength and will to lead. And there are those meant to follow—those incapable of anything but servitude and a meager, worthless existence. “Equality is a perversion of the natural order!” he continued, his voice rising as he shared the fundamental truth that lay at the core of his beliefs. “It binds the strong to the weak. They become anchors that drag the exceptional down to mediocrity. Individuals destined and deserving of greatness have it denied them. They suffer for the sake of keeping them even with their inferiors.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Rule of Two

“I will continue to study at your feet, Master. I will learn from your wisdom. I will discover your secrets, unlocking them one by one until everything you know—all your knowledge and all your power—is mine. And once you are no longer of use to me, I will destroy you.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Star Wars, The Darth Bane Series: Path of Destruction, Rule of Two, Dynasty of Evil

“When all the options are wrong,” he muttered to himself in the darkness, “what does it matter which one I choose?”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Star Wars, The Darth Bane Series: Path of Destruction, Rule of Two, Dynasty of Evil

“Honor is a fool’s prize,” Bane replied, reciting a passage from one of the volumes he had recently read in the archives. “Glory is of no use to the dead.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Star Wars, The Darth Bane Series: Path of Destruction, Rule of Two, Dynasty of Evil

“What happened to the others?” she wanted to know. “I killed them,” he replied. Zannah seemed to think about this for a moment before shrugging indifferently. “Then they were weak,” she said with simple conviction. “And they deserved to die.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Star Wars, The Darth Bane Series: Path of Destruction, Rule of Two, Dynasty of Evil

“Equality is a myth to protect the weak,”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Star Wars, The Darth Bane Series: Path of Destruction, Rule of Two, Dynasty of Evil

“If all are equal, then none is strong.”
― Drew Karpyshyn, Star Wars, The Darth Bane Series: Path of Destruction, Rule of Two, Dynasty of Evil