Desire for power Quote by Megan Whalen Turner

“I am not afraid," he said to himself.”

— Garth Nix

“He says to do a thing when you are really afraid is braver than if you felt no fear at all.”

— Amelia C. Houghton

“Fear is not love, but it can appear much the same. So too, power.”

— Holly Black

“For fear is power.”

— Laurell K. Hamilton

“I tell him of damnation, but I doubt he fears anything but the darkness in his own mind.”

— Teresa Denys

“They are my fears of him, too. But who can hinder that which will be?”

— John Bunyan

“You don't have to be afraid," he says. "I'm not going to hurt you." he whispers, "unless you want me to.”

— J.M. Darhower

“just because you’re afraid doesn’t actually mean there’s anything to be afraid of.”

— Kate Holden

“I can't let fear direct my actions.”

— B.J. Tiernan

“He wasn't afraid. He just didn't care. And that was very, very different.”

— Lauren Oliver

“His impunity thrills me, I mistake it for fearlessness, though years later he will admit to being afraid all the time.”

— Nick Flynn

“No, I'm not afraid, except when it comes to things about myself, but I'm working on that.”

— Anne Frank