Quotes About Power

Sure he's dead, and it's a good thing for us. It's hard to argue with a dead man. A dead man can't change his mind or make new rules, or behave like a bastard so no one will listen to him anymore. A dead man stays a saint.

I fully planned to burn the place down behind me on general principle. I was getting the hang of arson. It really sends a message, you know? Not only will I kill your dudes and steal your shit, but I will burn your place down behind me. Yes, I will.

Give me that power, and I'll use it against you. I'll be your Madonna. I'll be your queen. And I'll have your head if it's the last thing I ever do.

Sometimes you get a good eyeful of a man-sized action figure—and he knows what you are, and what you can do … and you know what he is, and what he's done before, or what he's helping other people do. And you just can't stand it because for all his bluster and bullshit he's weak and horrible, and cowardly, and if he caught you, he'd do terrible things to you—the kinds of things that were done to Ian and Isabelle.

some place to stand and place a lever, there's nowhere from which to move the world.

a certain stink on a certain kind of soul, a foul scent of hateful smallness too often thwarted . . . then given an ounce of power.

Many monsters lose their power to frighten, when they're dragged out into the morning.

Vivi stood and crumpled the report. "Who's the CEO at Slakerian?" "Jakes Echabarne," her assistant said, not glancing at any notes. "Arrange a meeting." No one messed around with Hunting4TrueLove, whether she held the reins or not.

The place of true healing is a fierce place. It's a giant place. it's a place of monstrous beauty and endless dark and glimmering light.

The universe, I'd learned, was never, ever kidding. It would take whatever it wanted and it would never give it back.

But no one laughed. No one would. The universe, I'd learned, was never, ever kidding. It would take whatever it wanted and it would never give it back.

Fear begets fear. Power begets power. I willed myself to beget power. And it wasn't long before I actually wasn't afraid.

Fear begets fear. Power begets power. I willed myself to beget power.

You will feel insecure and jealous. How much power you give those feelings is entirely up to you.

Fear begets fear. Power begets power. I willed myself to beget power. And it wasn't long before I actually wasn't afraid. I

Privilege has a way of fucking with our heads the same way as lack of it does.

I saw the power of the darkness. Saw that, in fact, I had strayed and that I was a stray and that from the wild places my straying had brought me, I knew things I couldn't have known before.

La paura genera paura. La forza genera forza.

You are the agent of power in your sex life, even if what you want is to relinquish your power and agency while you're having sex. You can take that power back at any moment. Which means, of course, that you always had it.

God was a ruthless bitch.

Lady pranced and scraped her front hooves on the ice and then lowered her head and looked at us. I inhaled sharply and Leif fired the gun.

Fear begets fear. Power begets power.

You're granting the crazy lady way too much power. Your sorrow and fear has clouded your ability to be reasonable about your mortality. And if you continue in this vein, it's going to rob you of the life you deserve

The unifying theme is being a warrior and a motherfucker