Quotes About Power

There is no law that says the gods must be fair.

Es posible domesticar a una serpiente para que coma de tu mano, pero nadie le va a quitar nunca el gusto por morder.

Come, I have fed you well. Will you tell me your names?" They looked up. Their eyes darted like ferrets to their leader. He rose, the bench scraping on the stone. "Tell us yours first." There was something in his voice. I almost said it then, the spell-word that would send them to sleep. But even after all the years that had passed, there was a piece of me that still only spoke what I was bid. "Circe," I answered.

Let me say what sorcery is not: it is not divine power, which comes with a thought and a blink. It must be made and worked, planned and searched out, dug up, dried, chopped and ground, cooked, spoken over, and sung. Even after all that, it can fail, as gods do not. If my herbs are not fresh enough, if my attention falters, if my will is weak, the draughts go stale and rancid in my hands.

As it turned out, I did kill pigs that

Gods pretend to be parents,' I said, 'but they are children, clapping their hands and shouting for more.

A boy trained for music and medicine, unleashed for murder.

For a hundred generations, I had walked the world drowsy and dull, idle and at my ease. I left no prints, I did no deeds. Even those who had loved me a little did not care to stay. Then I learned that I could bend the world to my will, as a bow is bent for an arrow. I would have done that toil a thousand times to keep such power in my hands.

Achilles returns to the tent, where my body waits. He is red and red and rust-red, up to his elbows, his knees, his neck, as if he has swum in the vast dark chambers of a heart and emerged, just now, still dripping.

first blood was ours, spilt by the god-like prince of Phthia.

He didn't bother to threaten me, yet. I hated him for it. I should be worth threatening.

As Odysseus said, many boys took each other for lovers. But such things were given up as they grew older, unless it was with slaves or hired boys. Our men liked conquest; they did not trust a man who was conquered himself.

I could have cast an illusion over the island to keep them away, I had the power to do it.

Oh, tell her some of them! I think Circe would appreciate the witchcraft. What about the hundred girls who died while you heaved over them?

Puoi usare una spada come un bastone da passeggio, tuttavia ciò non cambia la sua natura.

However gold he shines, do not forget his fire

They might permit a king to burn their fields or rape their daughters, as long as payment was made. But you did not touch a man's sons.

Her limbs lift into the grey waves like the steady beats of wings.

embossed with the story of the princess Danae. Zeus had wooed her in a shower of golden light, and she had borne him Perseus, Gorgon-slayer, second only to Heracles among our heroes.

Ero cresciuta ai piedi di mio padre e sapevo riconoscere lo sfoggio di potere quando me lo ritrovavo davanti.

Wie lustig,' fuhr sie fort, 'dass du selbst nach so langer Zeit noch immer erwartest, dass man dich belohnt, nur weil du gehorsam warst. Ich dachte, du hättest deine Lektion im Palast unseres Vaters gelernt. Niemand war so unterwürfig und einfältig wie du, und trotzdem trat der mächtige Helios dich umso rascher mit Füßen, denn du kauertest ja bereits da unten.

And that is the least of my powers.

En los cuentos, los dioses tienen el poder de demorar el curso de la luna a su voluntad para que una noche tenga la duración de varias. Así fue aquella noche, había una lluvia de horas que jamás parecía acabar, y nosotros las bebimos con ansia, sedientos después de todas las semanas que habíamos estado separados.

Divine blood purified our midday race, bred heroes from dust and clay.