Quotes About Authority

The Elders were closer to the Maker of All Things and should be deferred to whenever they made their will known.

Humans, werewolves, or, apparently, vampire, it doesn't matter; get more than three of them together and the jockeying for power begins.

All Adam needed was an answer, and 'no' would have worked just as well to set the pack back in order. I agreed because...because he's Adam. Mine, whispered a voice in my head, but I was pretty sure it was my own voice.

And that, children, is why ultimatums are a bad idea, said a memory speaking in the Marrok's voice.

Mercy: Then why didn't Marsilia just come herself? Andre: Marsilia is a lady. Women do not belong in combat. Mercy: So you brought me instead?

Chills went down my spine. I had a degree in history. When the government moves against a segment of its own population, it is bad. Nazi bad. Genocide bad.

You scratch whatever itches you choose," Charles told her, his voice cold and quiet."Enjoy yourself. But at the end of the day, you remember that Isaac belongs to my father—and to me. He is necessary to us as you are not. You will leave him unharmed or I will hunt you down and destroy you.

Charles asked me to stay here, she said, rather than confronting Hosteen with his lie. "You aren't my Alpha-and even if you were, he can't make me do anything, either." She tappef herself in the chest with one of her needles and half sang, "Omega. Me." Dropping into her own voice she said, "As an Omega wolf, I don't have the urge to obey you. At all. Not even the tiniest bit. Don't worry, it makes the Merrick crazy too.

The older you are, the more you fear change, even if you think you're in charge. Especially if you think you're in charge. (Adam)

This is our territory," I said, giving him the words he needed. "We don't allow black magic in our territory.

People died when Bran was at his most reasonable. Some of them died horribly. All of them idiots.

It's easier to be horrible if you can squash everyone who tries to stop you.

It is not wise," Beauclaire said, his voice clipped, and somewhere in the vowels Anna heard an accent not too far from Bran's when he was angered. "It is not wise to give something old and powerful something they care about. And I am very old.

I may have bought the business from him, but when we worked together, he still gave the orders. Part of it was habit, I suppose, but a larger part of it was that, though I am a good mechanic, Zee is magic. Literally and figuratively. If it weren't for his tendency to get bored with easy stuff, he'd never have hired me. Then I'd have had to take my liberal arts degree and gotten a job at McDonald's or Burger King like all the rest of the history majors.

Rules are set up for the good of society. But as soon as you make a rule, someone feels the need to break it.

You are looking at this wrong. You think I hold my territory by the might of my fist. But that's not it. I hold my territory by consent of the governed. I think it is a very American concept, which might be why you never looked for it." — Adam Hauptman, Columbia Basin Pack Alpha, to Iacopo (Jacob) Bonarata, Lord of the Night (master vampire of Milan)

The older you are, the more you fear change, even if you think you are in charge. Especially if you think you are in charge.

Not for the first time, he wished for a more facile tongue. His brother could sometimes change the Marrok's mind—but he never had. This time, Charles knew his father was wrong.

Under the mellowing influence of good food and good music, Adam relaxed, and I discovered that underneath that overbearing, hot-tempered Alpha disguise he usually wore was a charming, overbearing, hot-tempered man. He seemed to enjoy finding out that I was as stubborn and disrespectful of authority as he'd always suspected.

Women are the bloodthirsty sex," said Ric sadly. "We get the reputation, but it is only because the women stand behind us, and say, 'Kill it. Squish it.

Don't you have something more important to do?" I asked him, flipping on the light on. "Like ruling the world or something" -Mercy

Very well. You may help me to exterminate the society of wizards.

Thank goodness that's over," she said, taking the crown off and throwing it across the cave. It hit the wall and bounced off with a harsh clang. "You shouldn't treat your crown like that, Your Majesty," Cimorene said, retrieving the iron circlet. "Of course I should," Kazul said. "It's expected. That's why we made it out of iron instead of something soft and bendable. ...

I'm the King, and I say you go to the dungeon instead of fighting wizards, and no argument.