Quotes About Power

Politics were the ultimate frustration.

In my experience,...the humans who talk most loudly about freedom are the ones who think it's so good that nobody else should have any of it.

killed in a way I didn't think I ever could. I'm appalled at what I can do. I don't enjoy this." "If you enjoyed it, Jacen, you would not be the one destined to become the Sith Lord." The

Marriage. That's what he called it, though men like Paul do not marry women. They own them. They control them. They are voracious gluttons who devour every part of a woman, then clean their teeth with the bones.

Sweetheart, I know you're an adult, but adults are like vampires. The older ones are much more powerful.

I know you're an adult, but adults are like vampires. The older ones are much more powerful.

Charlie watched her husband's boss grip the sides of the podium like he was about to sodomize it.

Leigh was constantly amazed when rich white people assumed the system always worked until they found themselves wrapped up in it. Then, it had to be some kind of God damned conspiracy.

women with a little bit of power can be much harder than men. Especially on other women. They have to distance themselves from the weakness of their sex. Yes?

She had always believed—vehemently, with great conviction—that the only way to change the world was to destroy it.

Anything's legal if you can get away with it." Maggie slammed the locker closed. "Welcome to the Atlanta Police Department.

because if a man rejects a woman, she goes home and cries for a few days. If a woman rejects a man, he can rape and kill her." "I

Even this far into the game, Leigh was always surprised by how fantastic it was to be a white, wealthy man.

His voice had changed again. He liked this. He liked seeing her squirm. He was absorbing her fear like a succubus. Lydia heard an echo of the last words Paul Scott had ever spoken to her: Tell me you want this.

People don't take power. Somebody has to give it to them.

Claire jumped right into the story. "There was a Thunderbolt cable

The entire world gave men the responsibility for everything in it except for their dicks.

Sweetheart, I know you're an adult, but adults are like vampires. The older ones are much more powerful." Claire

Because I want you to stay at Rick's tonight." Lydia paused. "Because I said so." She paused again. "Sweetheart, I know you're an adult, but adults are like vampires. The older ones are much more powerful.

Like most bullies, he could never sustain any one emotion.

Crime was never more egregious than when it victimized a lowly politician.

Look 'round you, bitch." He held out his hands. "They let a black man run this world 'fore they let a slit do.

Then I ask myself what would happen if that grimy metal mesh were taken away. What would a man like Ben Carver do to me if there were no guards posted, no barrier between us? Would he explicate Spenser's Faerie Queene or would he cut me open and sample a sliver of my pancreas?

A PARTICULARLY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IS A SOURCE OF TERROR. —Carl Jung