Nicholas Rogers

“every fight was a rush. It was the purity of it, the honesty. When Tau sparred, it was just him and his opponent. All that mattered was experience, skill, determination, and will. The rest of the world slipped away, leaving only the next move, the next counter, the next attack, the next victory.”
― Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons

“There are men who desire power simply for the sake of the happiness it will bring; these belong chiefly to political parties. Other men have the same yearning, even when power means visible disadvantages, the sacrifice of their happiness, and well-being; they are the ambitious. Other men, again, are only like dogs in a manger, and will have power only to prevent its falling into the hands of others on whom they would then be dependent.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will to Power

“Write a short story every week. It’s not possible to write 52 bad stories in a row.” ~ Ray Bradbury”
― S.J. Scott, Writing Habit Mastery - How to Write 2,000 Words a Day and Forever Cure Writer’s Block

“Our lack of power and our oppression are one in the same...”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone