Books Quote by Nato Thompson

All that is literature seeks to communicate power

— Thomas de Quincey

“Power is an illusion of perception.”

— Brandon Sanderson

It is familiar to mainstream academic scholarship. One very prominent political scientist, in his standard text American Politics 20 years ago, observes that "The…

— Noam Chomsky

“Power is defined as an ability to do qualitative work with a quantitative passion, backed by a compelling conviction, directed by a propelling purpose,…

— Israelmore Ayivor

The power of literature does not lie in resonance with the particular but the way that the particular speaks to a broader, more universal…

— Clint Smith

The impetus for 'Power' was me writing about my dad, who was an advertising executive and very interested in image. He thought that perception…

— Courtney A. Kemp

“If literature truly possesses a mysterious power, I think perhaps it is precisely this: that one can read a book by a writer of…

— Yu Hua

“Power perceived is power achieved.”

— Brad Thor

Power is the ability to translate, that is, to shift from one level of attention to another.

— Frederick Lenz

“The power of readers lies not in their ability to gather information, in their ordering and cataloguing capability, but in their gift to interpret,…

— Alberto Manguel

“Power is the ability to influence and control.”

— Sarah Mlynowski

“Power is the manifestation of the use men make of it.”

— Stephen Brust