Wolves regularly attacked their rivals in power, so the idea of killing to gain position was neither alien nor repulsive to her. The use of assassins she had filed as yet another of the curious tools - like swords and bows — that humans created to make up for their lack of personal armament. What she still had to puzzle through was the subtle strategies involved in killing those who were expected to inherit power rather than those who held the power itself.

Jane Lindskold

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Intelligence is power; it is the flame behind the spark of intrigue

Tobsha Learner

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The thing is, I used to like that: feeling special because I knew something no one else did. It's a kind of power, isn't it, knowing a secret? But lately I don't like it so much, knowing this. It's not really mine to know, is it?

Kim Edwards

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You almost have to step outside yourself and look at you as if you were someone else you really care about and really want to protect. Would you let someone take advantage of that person? Would you let someone use that person you really care about? Or would you speak up for them? If it was someone else you care about, you'd say something. I know you would. Okay, now put yourself back in that body. That person is you. Stand up and tell 'em, "Enough!

Queen Latifah

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Knowledge is not made for understanding; it is made for cutting.

Michel Foucault

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Character is power.

Booker T. Washington

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Those who try to juggle wisdom, power and greed, drop one of the balls, every time.”
—Zarost

Greg Hamerton

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It is said that God is always on the side of the big battalions.

Voltaire

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Anger can be managed to become
emotional content that raises power.

Toba Beta

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