The Dangerous Rescue by Jude Watson (Jedi Apprentice Series, Book 13)

 
  The worker shifted her feet. She was constantly moving as Obi-Wan asked her questions. And she seemed so nervous. "No, but they had to file a flight plan." Gazing at Obi-wan, she wiggled her foot.
  Obi-Wan noticed the movement and looked down. A small hand was curled around the worker's ankle.


 


  "That's my boy, Ned," she said in a whisper. "Please don't report me. I had to bring him to work this week. My mother is ill and she's the one who takes care of him."

The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge

Monsieur Cocq de Noir, Maria, and Wrolf in the pine-woods

. . . And then it seemed as though the light were taking form.
  It was still light, but within the light there were shapes moving that were made of yet brighter light; and the shapes were those of hundreds of galloping white horses with flowing manes and poised curved necks like the necks of the chessmen in the parlour, and bodies whose speed was the speed of light and whose substance seemed no more solid than that of a rainbow; and yet one could see their outline clear-cut against the night-dark background of the trees . . . They were the sea-horses galloping inland, as Old Parson had told Maria that they did, in that joyful earth-scamper of theirs that ushered in the dawn.

The Evil Experiment by Jude Watson (Jedi Apprentice Series, Book 12)

 "How dare you question me!" Captain Yur T'aug sprang to his feet and stalked toward Obi-Wan and Astri. He came within centimeters of their faces. "Get out!" he bellowed.

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Qui-Gon Jinn, Jenna Zan Arbor, & Quint

  "Are you telling me I am not wise?" she asked.
  "You have intelligence. Maybe genius. But that is not wisdom."
  He had disturbed her. She covered it with a laugh. "I've heard of Jedi mind tricks. You are trying to get me to doubt myself. That is impossible."
  "Here is an example of what I mean," Qui-Gon said. "You do not recognize what truth is, so you call it a trick. That is why you are not wise, Jenna Zan Arbor. Wisdom is something you cannot identify because you cannot measure it with your instruments."

Conspirator by C. J. Cherryh (Foreigner Series, Book 10)

Bren Cameron, Paidhi-Aiji

   The Foreigner series is... science fiction with a healthy dose of political thriller. You know, real-world politics are something I avoid like the plague, but make it politics with aliens, and somehow it becomes fascinating.

   Granted, C. J. Cherryh's writing plays a big part in making it so interesting. I love how immersive the point-of-view is in her books. When Bren Cameron (main character throughout the Foreigner series) is distressed about not knowing where those closest to him are, I'm distressed. When he's exasperated about Cajeiri's constant shenanigans, I'm exasperated, even while I sympathize with Cajeiri's point of view.

Rescuing the youngsters

The Captive Temple by Jude Watson (Jedi Apprentice Series, Book 7)

<---  Xanatos escapes once again, this time by falling back into a rush of water in one of the Jedi Temple's water tunnels...

Obi-Wan and Bant sit together in the Room of a Thousand Fountains.  --->