“Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in proper figures.”

“True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, in the enjoyment of one's self, and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.”

“A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.”

“What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.”

“Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.”

“If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.”

“The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover”

“Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.”

“A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.”

“Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition, but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express.”

“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.”

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”

“The Millennium Falcon rose.”

“A series of moans came from the Wookiee. Then he turned—and sat down. In the copilot’s seat. Rey felt herself tearing up. “You’re serious, aren’t you?”

“My mommy always said there were no such things as monsters. No real ones. But there are.”

“True relaxation was a state of being that had been virtually unknown to him since childhood. The best that could be said of it was that when he felt relatively safe, he entered a condition of lenient wariness.”

“that slimy sycophant Hux”

“Reactions still sharp from years of experience, Han fired, sending the trooper to the ground.”

“One could teach knowledge. One could teach skills. One could even, she knew, teach something of the Force. But patience had to be learned alone.”

“Without the Jedi, there can be no balance in the Force, and all will be given over to the dark side.” Though”

“His eyes were hazel, his gray hair tousled, and he wore the look of a man who had seen too much, too soon, and been forced to deal with idiots all too often.”

“From the box she removed a lightsaber. Finn eyed it uncertainly, but even in the poor light, Han recognized it immediately. Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber. “Where’d you get that?” Han demanded. “Long story. A good one—for later.”

“SHE NEEDED HIM. AND HE WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. (P:7)”

“Finn stared at her, one thought in his mind, one word on his lips. “Rathtars.”