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“The key to such power is ambiguity. In a society where the roles everyone plays are obvious, the refusal to conform to any standard will excite interest. Be both masculine and feminine, impudent and charming, subtle and outrageous. Let other people worry about being socially acceptable; those types are a dime a dozen, and you are after a power greater than they can imagine.”
― The Art of Seduction
― The Art of Seduction
“Pain is unavoidable, but suffering is optional.”
― A Long Petal of the Sea
― A Long Petal of the Sea
“They've spent so long at the top, protected and isolated, that they've forgotten they can fall. Their strength has become their weakness.”
― Red Queen
― Red Queen
“The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words”
― Human Race Get Off Your Knees: The Lion Sleeps No More
― Human Race Get Off Your Knees: The Lion Sleeps No More
“Thinking all Silvers are evil is just as wrong as thinking all Reds are inferior.”
― Red Queen
― Red Queen
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