I live in the present because the future is always chancy. When it comes to being with you, I'm willing to take the risk.

If he even survives." She shivered, and Amon put his arm around her, drawing her into his steady warmth. "It's that bad?" Raisa nodded. "He looked...he looked awful, Amon. Willo doesn't know if he'll...She's worried about him. My mother died, and I never got to tell her that I loved her, that I finally understood - just a little anyway. If Han dies too, I don't know what I'll do.

That's what happens when you love someone... you notice and notice and notice.

Just remember who you are... The world will try to change you into someone else. Don't let them. That's the best advice anyone can give you.

You do not respond to an attempt on your life with a slap on the hand. Or a joke.

Nobody's going to hand you anything. You don't get what you don't go after.

Oh, I am getting married," Raisa said sleepily. "You promised me that if I agreed to marry you, that you would make it happen." She extended her hand, the one with the ring Han had given her, and waved it under his nose. "So. It's time to pay up.