True Colors Quotes

“Ugliness is an illusion, gentlemen. Like beauty. Like color. All depends on the light. The only reality is action.”
― Karen Traviss, True Colors

“Any sign of what killed him, Scorch?"
"Let's ask Sev. He's a dead-body-ologist."
[Sev examines the body and its arm falls off]
"Yep, he's dead alright.”
"Sure you don't want a second opinion, Doc?"
"Nah, I'm ready go out on a limb.”
― Karen Traviss, True Colors

“Long memory, short fuse, big revenge.”
― Karen Traviss, True Colors

“Why should I cooperate with you now?”
“Because you’re stuck in a ship with four creatively sadistic people who hate your grey guts, and maybe the Jedi and the strill aren’t that fond of you either, and all you’ve got are the clothes you stand in. See how long you last…”
― Karen Traviss, True Colors

“Why doesn’t the fact that I’m human matter to human beings”
― Karen Traviss, True Colors

“I don’t mind being shot at. It’s having a government that lies to me that I hate.”
― Karen Traviss, True Colors

“Nobody else in Special Operations knows about this, and I really don’t want Skirata to know, because … fine man though he might be, he does have an issue with Kaminoans. Any man who refers to them as tatsushi and actually boasts of recipes is probably best kept out of the loop. Dismissed.” Scorch chuckled approvingly as they clunked their way down the corridor toward the mess with Maze at their heels. “You think Skirata would really eat a Kaminoan?” Fixer managed a sentence, which was good going for him. “Only if he had hot sauce.”
― Karen Traviss, True Colors

“Before you handed someone power, you had to ask yourself if you’d be happy with the worst possible thing they could ever do with it.”
― Karen Traviss, True Colors

“There’s one thing that bothers me, sir. They say Master Yoda referred to the war as the Clone War right after the Battle of Geonosis. It was the very first battle of the war. Why did he identify the war that way, by the clones who are fighting it? Have we ever said the Fifth Fleet War or the Corellian Baji Brigade War? What does he know that we don’t?
—General Bardan Jusik, confiding in General Arligan Zey”
― Karen Traviss, True Colors

“Darman was determined to make him welcome. “’Cuy, vod’ika.” He slapped the seat next to him. “Park your shebs there. We’d pour you some of the GAR-issue caf but we like you too much for that. We’re waiting for Sergeant Kal.” Corr sat down as ordered, and Niner and Atin leaned across to clasp his arm.”
― Karen Traviss, True Colors

“Sev, feeling embarrassed by his reaction, examined the bones. The left arm came off in his hand. “Yep, he’s dead all right.” Scorch sucked his teeth noisily. It was extra-amplified in the scuba trooper helmets. “Sure you don’t want a second opinion, Doc?” “Nah, I’m prepared to go out on a limb.”
― Karen Traviss, True Colors