Senator Padme Amidala

“I am nobody to you.”

“How did you get inside?“

“Your father is a madman.“

“War is bloody and soulless.“

“Hey! You’re wasting good wine.“

“If it rains tonight, we fight tomorrow.“

“All men are born to die. We know it.”

“Do you feel a sense of achievement?“

“Do you ask anything of me in return?“

“Promise can never be an end in itself.“

“Why do you refuse to pay his ransom?“

“If I have my way, there will be no battle.“

“I think this makes for a much better story.“

“Oh, no, let him speak. I wish to hear him.“

“Tomorrow you will have your heads cut off.“

“I will never stop talking. Never. Never ever.”

“I owe you much. I owe your family still more.“

“There’s a fresh coin in this for you, you know.“

“A king has no friends. Only followers and foe.“

“I speak only when there’s something to be said.”

“Who do you imagine might be to blame for this?“

“The longer we wait, the greater our disadvantage.“

“Stop talking, old man, please. Please stop talking.“

“Something must be done. Something will be done.“

“I will not submit to you. You must earn my respect.“

“And you believe that need will, indeed, soon arise?“

“You need not fight. These feuds need not be yours.“

“I will disembowel you right here with mine own hand.“

“There was no assassin. There was no plot to kill you.“

“Are you scared of this battle? There is no shame of it.“

“He says only what he believes. That is why he is loved.”

“I believe yours to be the ramblings of a crazy old demon.“

“What a venomous boy. He’ll betray me now. I’m sure of it.“

“Though you might not think it possible, you are my friend.“

“No, I speak more of the kingdom. What the kingdom sees.“

“My right knee is aching. It only does that when rain is near.“

“I will not sacrifice my men so flagrantly, nor so speculatively.“

“I’ve been instructed to deliver the request with great urgency.“

“He may be mad, but he is true. His madness makes him true.”

“I have said what you were summoned to hear. Leave us now.“

“Square my account with that terrible hag over there, would you?”

“Surely you cannot simply idle here until they decide to come out?“

“Maybe then you’ll lighten enough to have a drink with me. Hmm?“

“I will not allow this havoc to transpire. I’ve come to see it stopped.“

“Problems that are left unattended, have a habit of becoming crises.”

“You find someone to pay your way here. I’ll not be paying it for you.“

“I have not come to offer you surrender, if that is what you’re hoping.“

“It would seem that you have no explanation for what you have done.“

“And the sound of your wives, and children weeping, shall lull me to sleep at night.“

“For reasons that are on display for all here to see, smell, you will not inherit this crown.”

“Before me now, all I see is a young, and vain, and foolish man, so easily riled. So easily beguiled.“

“If your day be today, so be it. Mine will be tomorrow. Or mine today and yours tomorrow. It matters not.”

“These men deserve your confidence. And if you cannot give them that, at least then tell them a magnificent lie.“

“If you have concocted this plan, half-baked and speculative, merely to prove to me your worth, please say so now.“