Quotes About Power

cutting deeper than she had thought words could.

My lady, the tiger

We did not send for you, and we do not need you!' Randalin begins, clearly intending to give some servant- probably Fand- the tongue-lashing he wishes he could bestow on my person. Then he blanches and lurches to his feet. The High King stands in the doorway. His eyebrows rise, and a malicious smile pulls at the corners of his mouth. 'Many think that, but few are bold enough to say it to my face.

El verdadero poder no se concede, y tampoco se puede arrebatar

I have secrets aplenty. There are so many things you don't know, daughter of Madoc. And I think you crave a little violence yourself.

The smile that curves his lip is voluptuous. "Beneath ever bit of your sea is land. Seething, volcanic land. Go against me, and I will show you what this boy will do, my lady.

By you, I am forever undone." ? The Queen of Nothing

We don't need her!' Oak shouts, the first time I have really seen his emotions out of his control. 'And I don't want her.' The words hurt, the more because he cannot lie.

We show her that I am no feckless High King." "And how do we do that?" I ask. "With great difficulty," he says. "Since I fear she is right.

El poder es infeccioso. El poder es insaciable.

Fire can either burn down your house or warm it.

Greetings, Your Majesty, you betraying toad.

Let me be feared and never again afraid.

I didn't understand the horror of being so powerful and so utterly powerless all at the same time.

No approving of the Evil Overlords

I have trained every day to be dangerous, and he is entirely in my power, yet I'm the one who is afraid.

Yes, fine,' he says, annoyed, trying to push my blade away. I hold it steady, so that the knife cuts in to his skin. He swears and puts a bleeding finger in his mouth. 'What was that for?' 'For fun.

There are rumours that Cardan never wanted the throne, that he will hand it over to Oak willingly at some vague future time. But when I think of High King Cardan with his black curls and cruel mouth, the way he behaves- silly and dangersome all at once- I don't believe he would relinquish power. He might, however, trick Oak into going on a quest he wouldn't return from. Build him up with stories of honour and valiant deeds.

You've only seen the least of what I can do.

I keep thinking of the lazy blink of Cardan's lashes over his coal-bright eyes. He looked gleeful, gloating, as though my fist tightening on his shirt was exactly what he would have wished. As though, if I struck him, it would be because he had made me do it.

Cardan glances toward me, as though for help. When I am silent, he frowns, annoyed with both of us. 'Although I am wearing the cloak Mother Marrow made me, the one that will turn any blade, I still promise to run, tail between my legs. And since I have a tail, that should be amusing for everyone. Are you satisfied?

We can enchant you to run around on all fours, barking like a dog. We can curse you to wither away for want of a song you'll never hear again or a kind word from my lips. We're not mortal. We will break you. You're a fragile little thing; we'd hardly need to try. Give up.' 'Never,' I say. He smiles, smug. 'Never? Never is like forever- too big for mortals to comprehend.

Have you come to gloat?' I ask, frustrated. 'To stop me?' I am not sure how powerful a kelpie is out of the water and in the shape of a man. 'To surprise you,' he says. 'Aren't surprises wonderful?

El poder es mucho más fácil de adquirir que de conservar.