“The shape of power is always the same; it is the shape of a tree. Root to tip, central trunk branching and re-branching, spreading wider in ever-thinner, searching fingers. The shape of power is the outline of a living thing straining outward, sending its fine tendrils a little further, and a little further yet.”
― The Power
― The Power
“A principled man is generally a man who has everything he wants, or absolutely nothing to lose.”
― The Chalk Man
― The Chalk Man
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