# Quote — Matthew Stover, Shatterpoint: Star Wars Legends

> Mace flipped up a thumb. "You think being armed and ruthless means you can do whatever you want." He folded his thumb and flipped up his forefinger. "You think nobody will stand up to you when they're naked." He folded that one again and flipped up the next. "And you think you're going to look inside my bag."

- Author: [Matthew Stover](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matthew-stover.md)
- Book: [Shatterpoint: Star Wars Legends](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matthew-stover/shatterpoint-star-wars-legends.md)
- Page: 40
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Matthew_Stover#Shatterpoint_(2004)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/matthew-stover/shatterpoint-star-wars-legends/mace-flipped-up-a-thumb

## More from this book

> When you save someone's life. It's always temporary, y'know?

p. 177 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matthew-stover/shatterpoint-star-wars-legends/when-you-save.md)

> "Depa is right: Jedi are insane." "Ever since I came to this planet, people have been telling me how crazy I am. They've told me this so many times that I had started to wonder if it might be true. Now, though, I understand: you don't say this because it's true. Not even because you think it's true. You say it because you hope it's true. Because if I am insane, you aren't really the revolting slime-hearted vermin that, down deep, you know you are."

p. 286 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matthew-stover/shatterpoint-star-wars-legends/depa-is-right.md)

> When all choices seem wrong, choose restraint.

p. 176 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matthew-stover/shatterpoint-star-wars-legends/when-all-choices.md)