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Quotes About Power

She was tiny, less than five feet, but somehow didn't seem that small; attitude can make up for inches.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
Jean-Claude said. I stared at him, and for the first
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
Hello, Jean-Claude," I said. "Greetings, ma petite," he said. His voice was like fur, rich, soft, vaguely obscene, as if just talking to him was something dirty. Maybe it was. "Don't call me ma petite," I said. He smiled slightly, not a hint of fang. "As you like.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
I'd had Jean-Claude drive the metaphysical bus before, but I'd never felt it like this, never been so aware of how terribly aware he was of his power, of my power, of the power we all offered him. He was vampire, which meant he was a cold power, a thing of logic, because emotions do not trouble the dead. He shifted through our talents, like Edward would have looked through his gun safe. Which gun will do the job? Which will make this shot?
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
An absolute monarch who believes in free will, isn't that against the rules? Onilwyn asked. No, I said, my face buried against Adair's skin, it's not. Not against my rules. My voice was beginning to drag with that edge of sleep. I think I will like your rules, Onilwyn said and his voice, too, was growing heavy. The rules, yes, Rhys said, but the housework is a bitch.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
you either kill your enemies or you leave them the fuck alone.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
them. "I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to leave. I'll gather everyone up, and we'll leave you and your men alone. I'd put a sign above St. Louis for all the hired thugs, if I could." "What would it say?" I asked. "Here is a bigger motherfucker than you are." Jacob
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
He gets power from his line, his master," I said, "it isn't always about personal power." "Truth and Wicked have no masters, do you?" The
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
Bet I can blow a hole in your chest before you can crush my leg. You wouldn't dare. Why not? I asked. A touch of fear flowed through his eyes. I am the human servant of a council member. Not impressed, I said. Try door number two.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
To obey my queen in all things." His voice was like his skin, dark. It made me think of molasses and other thick, sweet things. A voice so deep it could hit notes low enough to make my spine shiver.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
Orospu çocuÄŸu kan emicilerle ç?kmaya baÅŸlad???ndan beri bana hiç bir konuda tüm gerçeÄŸi anlatt???na inanm?yorum Anita' 'Politik olarak doÄŸrusunu söylemek gerekirse,senin o orospu çocuÄŸu kan emici dediÄŸin vampir, ST Louis'nin Åžehir Efendisi Dolp' 'O seninde efendinmi Anita?' 'Ne?' 'Åžehir Efendisinin insan hizmetkar?m?s?n?
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
Nikolaos had killed Phillip and bitten me to prove how powerful she was. I bet she thought I'd be scared absolutely shitless of her. She was right on that. But I spend most of my waking hours confronting and destroying things that I fear. A thousand-year-old master vampire was a tall order, but a girl's got to have a goal.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
It has been my experience that if you have the responsibility of leadership, you might as well have the jewelry to go with it.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
He should have known better than to try and intimidate me with size. I've been the smallest kid on the block for as long as I can remember. Size hadn't been impressive for a very long time.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
I shut the door behind me and locked it, though truthfully with Edward inside I might have been safer locking myself out rather than in. He was not an imposing man, not frightening, if you didn't know him. He was five-eight, slender, blond, blue-eyed, charming. But if I was The Executioner, he was Death itself. He was the person I had seen use a flamethrower. I
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
He'd let his anger take him to a place that his ass might have trouble getting out of, or maybe I just didn't understand the normal branch of the service whose badge I carried. She put her elbows on the arms of her chair, her hands like a double fist in front of her lips. "Second, get the fuck off my desk." Oh, I did understand the normal branch of the service. It worked just like all the others.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
His gun was a .357 Magnum, great for whale hunting. It was overkill for anything on two legs. That was human. I felt very human staring down that gun barrel.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
What the petit bâtard would order us to do to you if he awoke now is best left unsaid.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
I had myself under control again. I wasn't going to cry. I was glad. I hated to cry. It always made me feel so weak.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
He nodded, as if that were the answer he wanted. "She's afraid of you; did you know that?" I smiled, and it wasn't a very nice smile. I could feel the edges curl up with a dark sort of satisfaction. "I hope the little bitch is sweating it out, big time.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
How long will you need?" "Two hours, no more." "This had better work," Gaynor said. "Do not threaten me," Dominga said. Oh, goody, maybe the bad guys would fight and kill each other.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
It takes a truly good person to gain power, strength, and mystical abilities and not misuse them.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
How do we stop them from killing innocent weretiger citizens, and the bigger question, how do we stop her?" "You're the necromancer, I'm just a humble killer," he said.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
Quella di Jean Claude era un vento freddo e tempestoso, mentre quella di Richard era elettricità rovente.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton