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title: "6 Dark Powers Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [I often think of setting as an important character in my story. 'Dark Powers' takes place in Doncaster, a Maryland Eastern Shore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-glick/i-often-think-of-setting-as-an-important-character-in-my-story-dark/)

[Ruth Glick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-glick/)

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> [The hero of 'Dark Powers' can touch murder victims and read their last memories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-glick/the-hero-of-dark-powers-can-touch-murder-victims-and-read-their-last/)

[Ruth Glick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-glick/)

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> [“The same sensitivity that opens artists to Being also makes them vulnerable to the dark powers of non-Being. It is no accident…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-n-elkins/the-same-sensitivity-that-opens-artists-to-being-also-makes-them/)

[David N. Elkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-n-elkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b0/david-n-elkins-71575_anxiety_the-same-sensitivity-that-opens-artists_2294162.jpg)

> [“The Dark Powers have to give before they can take.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-dark-powers-have-to-give-before-they-can-take/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [“I was one of those. I meddled with dark powers. I summoned demons. I ate the entire little cheese, including the rind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-was-one-of-those-i-meddled-with-dark-powers-i-summoned-demons-i-ate/)

[Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/)

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> [pity and charity may be at root an attempt to propitiate the dark powers that have not touched us yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilynne-robinson/pity-and-charity-may-be-at-root-an-attempt-to-propitiate-the-dark/)

[Marilynne Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilynne-robinson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/marilynne-robinson-602_charity_pity-and-charity-may-be-at-root-an-attem_3108336.png)

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