Quotes About Power

All the dangerous glamour had been swept up by the broom of National Socialism,

Führer Kontakt it was called, an intense magnetic hold that made the person with him believe, just for that moment, that he or she was the only one in the room. A hypnotic force that dazzled, empowered, and enslaved.

It's incredible how enormous actions can turn on the whim of a single man.

She could feel the emotion in the place pressing up against the walls, all eyes alert, hearts beating as one, the sense that everyone there was part of something bigger than themselves. That was a powerful emotion. It was the emotion that the Third Reich relied on. It was the kind of emotion that could move mountains.

Even the famously unsporty Hitler liked to carry a riding whip in his hand.

If she wanted him to stop, she'd have to say so soon because she was driving him up so fast he felt like a comet flaming in the heat of her atmosphere.

I plan to starve you into submission,' he growled, nuzzling her breast.

Huge up-draughts – invisible forces – tossed our little plane like it was an insect.

And for adults, the world of fantasy books returns to us the great words of power which, in order to be tamed, we have excised from our adult vocabularies. These words are the pornography of innocence, words which adults no longer use with other adults, and so we laugh at them and consign them to the nursery, fear masking as cynicism. These are the words that were forged in the earth, air, fire, and water of human existence, and the words are: Love. Hate. Good. Evil. Courage. Honor. Truth.

You've got some power," Jakkin said. "One hug—and the lights go out!

Newton ruled the Royal Society like a tyrant. This led to some ugly incidents. The worst was the fight about who really invented calculus.

Rape is a crime of violence and sex is the weapon.

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War is completely devoid of magic." He grinned again. "But ye may recall I mentioned that a strong arm is sometimes needed to help benevolence along.

Because not believing is an exercise in futility, as the magic goes about its business whether ye think it exists or not. And if ye don't believe, then why even get out of bed in the morning? Or make plans for tomorrow? Or want, or hope, or dream, or even try? Magic is what powers life, Peg. Without it, we wouldn't be able to take our next breaths.

Gods and politics are the tools with which the godless and unprincipled manipulate the gullible.

Isn't it funny.I'm enjoying my hatred so much more than i ever enjoyed love. Love is temperamental. Tiring. It makes demands. Love uses you, changes its mind. But hatred, now, that's something you can use. Sculpt. Wield. It's hard, or soft, however you need it. Love humiliates you, but Hatred cradles you.

Isn't it funny. I'm enjoying my hatred so much more than I ever enjoyed love. Love is temperamental. Tiring. It makes demands. Love uses you, changes its mind. But hatred, now, that's something you can use. Sculpt. Wield. It's hard, or soft, however you need it. Love humiliates you, but Hatred cradles you.

Girls were born knowing how destructive the truth could be. They learned to hold it in, tamp it down, like gunpowder in an old fashioned gun. Then it exploded in your face on a November day in the rain.

grip and focus beyond the powers of many of those who have spent a lifetime without their sanity being examined or questioned.

There is no greater validation than of god almighty himself.

FEAR IS THE ONE EMOTION THAT UNLEASHED CAN DESTROY ANYTHING AND ANYONE.

I name you Shriker. Shape-Shifter. Mighty Hunter. Your master has betrayed you. And through his betrayal man's best friend becomes his worst enemy.

It is in the interest of those who control our energy to make it seem that the status quo is natural, right, and impossible to change. It is in our interest to figure out this is not always true." —Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi