Quotes About Influence

Before the year was out, she would change the known world, but it would look as if others' hands were responsible.

Leila Saatchi never gave orders, never had to. It was a knack she had. Her suggestions were so compelling.

He felt way powerful having a physical control over this man who had interfered in his life so adeptly. The control was that of seduction.

He is a very special man, Ninka. People can't help but love him. That is part of his power that cannot be taken away or limited.

Seduction takes many forms and not all of them involve the body.

Lily could almost feel Barbara's itching desire to take her in hand, dress her up, give her a purpose in life.

It was hard for her to equate this slim, beautiful young man with the scruffy yob she usually encountered. The transformation confused her, yet she sensed Owen was completely in control of how he appeared to people. That unnverved her. It made her think he was, therefore, not to be controlled by her.

I am a manipulative person, whom some might call evil, because I like to interfere in people's lives.

I will give you meat, Salamiel thought, and once you eat of my offerings, you will be mine.

Your name works wonders in Little Moor, Barbara. It's like a free pass.

Her power had fed the prince of light, and she had taught him her darkest secrets.

My dear, if you insist on spending so much time among humans, you will start thinking like them.

Othman doesn't have a hold on me, just an unwelcome presence now and again.

What happens in a noble court or an enclosed temple affects only the priveleged few. That's not change, but indulgence.

We're infected, both of us. We are his followers, whatever our conscious minds try to tell us. Our only defense is that we should be aware of that.

Owen saw a male shape come into the hall behind Barbara, shadowy. It did not sound like Louis, neither did the outline look like him. But as he came towards the door, Owen realised this was Daniel's father, but changed almost beyond recognition. Othman had done this. He glanced at Barbara. Both of them were Othman's now.

When he sat upon his throne there, the empress's hand would be forever upon his shoulder, lightly but firmly.

Meggie had probably also noticed, or been informed, of a change in Delmar's behaviour. Now, he was entirely Tamara's creature. She had primed him with talk of Shemyaza and subdued his instinctive fears.

Formless powers compete for control around us, and we are their pawns.

At his appearance, the environment around him seemed to slow to utter stillness, and become bleached of colour.

He has touched you, enfolded you. You are his.

Othman watched Owen through slitted eyes, waiting for him to manifest some physical effect from the haoma that Emma had put in his coffee. Lily was chattering brightly, but her words were nothing more than a chirruping nonsense that flapped around Othman's senses. He wanted Owen. He needed him.

More than anything, he liked to experience the effect he had on other people.

He will shape a new god, in the image of his own fear, and he will make resentful enemies, where before there were only resigned puppets.