Quote by Terry Mancour

“Power loves not the light of day, nor the attention of curious eyes. In darkness it thrives most. Examined too closely, it wither.”

— Brian Ruckley

“I had no idea words could have so much power and beauty.”

— Michelle Cohen Corasanti

“Take a stand that reflects the widest horizons of your soul if you don’t want to be a slave to external powers.”

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“...the obscure soul of the world, a darkness shining in brightness which brightness could not comprehend.”

— James Joyce

“I have a sense that no matter what, no matter what darkness lies ahead, there is nothing that can overcome this power.”

— Cynthia Hand

“The immediate pressure of necessity has brightened their intellects, enlarged their powers, and hardened their hearts.”

— H.G. Wells

“The greatest power I have is that which I give myself … and in the quiet of the darkness, I see only what must…

— Shae Ford

“...I wish that I may never think the smiles of the great and powerful a sufficient inducement to turn aside from the straight path…

— David Ricardo

“What I needed with all my starved and silent soul was just that particular way of shouting back at the world.”

— Iris Murdoch

“For he possessed a soul that could suffer but not stifle, and led a steady life beneath his mutability.”

— E.M. Forster

“I began writing about power because I had so little.”

— Octavia E. Butler

“There was a hunger for power reaching out of the senses of man and trying to say something in the symbols of action.”

— Richard Wright