Leigh Brackett quotes:

Plot is people. Human emotions and desires founded on the realities of life, working at cross purposes, getting hotter and fiercer as they strike against each other until finally there's an explosion-that's Plot.

Witchcraft to the ignorant, .... Simple science to the learned.

Love is like the measles; the older you are when it hits you, the harder it takes. Cheer up, you won't die of it.

Surrender is a perfectly acceptable alternative in extreme circumstances.

(I)f you're not honest with yourself, life will never be honest with you.

David will never go to space again. I'm glad.What did it gain the McQuarries? What has it ever gained men? Have men ever brought back more happiness from the stars? Will they ever?

Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? And well you should not. For my ally is the Force. And a powerful allyit is.