“It occurs to me, that the dilemmas of power are always the same. Where there is feeling that is not required, there is an imbalance of power. It is not a wise course. Where there is love, there is often also hate. They can exist side by side.”
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
“What’s underneath is everything, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enhance it. Beauty has its own kind of magic. And the appearance of something can have power, too.”
Danielle Paige, Dorothy Must Die
“Power, it seems, knows no loyalty, only self-interest. And only those who profess loyalty- who are considered allies- can get close enough to thrust a sword between the ribs.”
Eleanor Herman, Legacy of Kings
“Power tastes best when sweetened by courtesy.”
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with
“Think you only kings have power? Stand on a stage and hold the hearts of men in your hands. Make them laugh with a gesture and cry with a word. Make them love you. And you will know what power is.”
Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution
“Power resides where men believe it resides.”
George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones (TV. Series)
“Knowledge is power. Power to do evil, or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.”
Veronica Roth, Allegiant
“But there are many ways to be powerful. There is power in stillness, there is power in watching, waiting, saying the right thing at the right time to the right person. There is power in being a woman- oh yes, power in these bodies you gaze upon with derision…When you have something someone else wants, there is always an element of power.”
Kiersten White, And I Darken
“It takes a special kind of courage to hold power and know when not to use it.”
Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars
