Power Quotes

Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.

25234 quotes

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"What is a god's attention but a curse?"
Circe
C
"Power is not given, it is taken"
Circe
C
"My voice had power I never knew"
Circe
C
"My island became my kingdom"
Circe
C
"I became a witch by necessity and choice"
Circe
G
"They were defeated by their own destructive drives"
Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
J
"What man would not seek to be greater than his maker?"
Judge Holden
C
"I am done with this game of waiting and wanting"
Circe
C
"I learned to speak in a language gods do not understand"
Circe
J
"The world cannot be said to have laws. The right to exemplarity belongs to the judge alone."
Judge Holden
J
"That which exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
Judge Holden
J
"Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
Judge Holden
J
"I am a solitary thing and I contain all things."
Judge Holden
A
"There are no bargains between lion and men."
Achilles
C
"I made myself into something worthy of fear and love both."
Circe
C
"I would become a legend not of beauty, but of will."
Circe
J
"The judge smiled. He rose and walked out onto the terrace and stood looking at the landscape, his massive head silhouetted against the burning sky"
Judge Holden
C
"Power is a mirror."
Circe
C
"My voice is my greatest power."
Circe
C
"I learned that power comes from within."
Circe
J
"What is it you want said the kid. Nothing said the judge. Everything."
Judge Holden
J
"What God has joined together let no man put asunder said the judge with mockery in his pale eyes."
Judge Holden
P
"I am bound by forces beyond my understanding."
Piranesi
C
"Power is a thing that accrues to you when people believe you have it"
Circe
C
"Beauty fades, but power endures"
Circe
C
"I am not afraid of myself and all that I am capable of"
Circe
C
"Magic is not a gift, it is a choice"
Circe
C
"Magic flows through me like blood"
Circe
C
"I became a goddess of my own making"
Circe
C
"My voice was the only magic I ever needed"
Circe