Quotes About Power

My Life had stood-- a Loaded Gun

The wind does, working like a hand Whose fingers brush the sky

T was such a greedy, greedy wave That licked it from the coast;

Don't you know that No is the wildest word we consign to Language?

Your sweetness intimidates.

Saying nothing sometimes says the most.

In this short life, that only last an hour merely. How much how little is within our power.

In this short life that only lasts an hour / How much – how little – is within our power.

I thought that storm was brief, — The maddest, quickest by; But Nature lost the date of this, And left it in the sky.

Stands the sun so close and mighty That our minds are hot.

I took my power in my hand And went against the world;

Could mortal lip divine The undeveloped freight Of a delivered syllable, 'T would crumble with the weight.

A WORD is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just Begins to live That day.

The person who wants out of the relationship always gets her way.

Anger was something I could control. I could settle into an easy rhythm of blame and hate. Focus my energy on something other than the ache in my heart.

I just wonder if sheer force of will to forgive can be enough to set things right Because after all, power is one thing. Love is a different creature altogether.

Grab his penis like this, and I guarantee, it's a done deal.

I think my sister Daphne's obsession with having children has a lot to do with wanting to erase the pain my mother caused. On one level, Daphne's approach makes more sense. Yet the thought of a redo is not only unappealing, but terrifying. I don't want that kind of power over anyone. I don't want to be something that someone has to overcome. After all, I think everyone would agree that it's far worse to be a fucked-up mother than it is to have one.

an ideal relationship, the balance of power is equal. But if someone has to have more power, that someone needs to be the woman. Her reasoning is that when most men wield the power, they abuse it and succumb to their innately self-serving, self-indulgent instincts. Women who have power, on the other hand, tend to rule in the interest of the family unit rather than their own self-interest. Which is why matriarchal societies are peaceful, harmonious ones.

life is less about overcoming adversity and more about the power of gratitude.

It never ceases to amaze me how foolproof the rule is: the person who cares the least (or pretends to) holds the power.

Who counts in this world and how much? Who does the deciding? Who has "potential" (that is, value) and who does not?

You may attack royalty, or deny its will, but you must never, never ignore it

The weather turned to damp heat, the kind that settled on the shoulders and made people walk as if they were twenty pounds too heavy. It pointed tempers and blunted energy, and gave despair a great seductive power.