Kelly

“It is said that one should keep one's allies within view, and one's enemies within reach.
A valid statement. One must be able to read an ally's strengths, so as to determine how to best use them. One must similarly be able to read his enemy's weaknesses, so as to determine how to best defeat him.
But what of friends?
There is no accepted answer, perhaps true friendship is so exceedingly rare. But I had formulated my own.
A friend need not be kept within sight or within reach. A friend must be allowed the freedom to find and follow his own path. If one is fortunate, those paths will for a time join. But if paths separate, it is comforting to know that a friend still graces the universe with his skills, and his viewpoint, and his present. For if one is remembered by a friend, one is never truly gone.”
― Timothy Zahn, Thrawn

“Well, I'm not sorry for punching you."
"That's probably not the last time you'll say that." His teeth flashed in a grin.”
― Margaret Owen, The Merciful Crow

“At the cardinal points I place a bowl filled with dirt, another with water, a dish with a lit candle, and a blown-up balloon. Hey, fuck you. If you can think of a better way to represent air, I'm all ears.”
― Stephen Blackmoore, Fire Season

“There are things in the universe that are simply and purely evil. A warrior does not seek to understand them, or to compromise with them. He seeks only to obliterate them.”
― Timothy Zahn, Thrawn