Being-in-charge Quote by Eileen Chang

“the world was so big, so full of things I could master.”

— John Fante

“He who masters the small becomes the rightful possessor of the great.”

— James Allen

“Suddenly, he felt that the world had no place for him, despite how large it was.”

— Anonymous

“After he became the Master, the world believed that he could not lose, and he had to believe it himself. Therein was the tragedy.”

— Yasunari Kawabata

“No one was my master— but I might be master of everything, if I wished. If I dared.”

— Sarah J. Maas

“...he had known that the endless space below him that stretched out like a maw was exactly that: a mouth the size of the…

— China Miéville

“His words sounded foolish to his own ears. He was not impressive. He was small like the world.”

— Anne Ursu

“...it never occurred to him that now he was looking at his master, at the one person in all the world who held his…

— Elizabeth Wein

“He takes my hands into his.Those perfect hands, that fit mine just so.”

— Stephanie Perkins

“He had big hands, strong hands. My entire hand had fit easily in his palm, his fingers easily closing around mine.”

— Jasinda Wilder

“This terrible smallness of men was bigger than him, bigger than anything.”

— Dennis Lehane

“He found the slot that people thought best suited him and he crammed himself into it. He grew up.”

— Brian Evenson