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Edward Bernays, Freud’s nephew who founded the country’s first public relations firm in 1919, ‘consciously used Freud’s idea of a latent but powerful sexuality as a form of subliminal seduction to manipulate the masses.’
“But there were still more shadows. Always more.”
― A Gathering of Shadows
― A Gathering of Shadows
“but men who waded into waters claiming they could swim should not need a raft.”
― A Darker Shade of Magic
― A Darker Shade of Magic
“What are the odds? he thought, even though he knew that the thing about magic was that it bent the odds. But still.”
― A Darker Shade of Magic
― A Darker Shade of Magic
“Lila quirked a brow. “Crime isn’t that complicated,” she said. “People steal because taking something gives them something. If they’re not in it for the money, they’re in it for control. The act of taking, of breaking the rules, makes them feel powerful. They’re in it for the sheer defiance.”
― A Darker Shade of Magic
― A Darker Shade of Magic
“I am Delilah Bard, she thought as the ropes cut into her skin. I am a thief and a pirate and a traveler. I have set foot in three different worlds, and lived. I have shed the blood of royals and held magic in my hands. And a ship full of men cannot do what I can. I don’t need any of you. I am one of a damned kind. Feeling suitably empowered, she set her back to the ship, and gazed out at the sprawling night ahead.”
― A Gathering of Shadows
― A Gathering of Shadows
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