“You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power—he's free again.”
“...you are strong only as long as you don't deprive people of everything. For a person you've taken everything from is no longer in your power. He's free all over again.”
“Someone that you have deprived of everything is no longer in your power. He is once again entirely free.”
“When you face your fears, they no longer have power over you.”
“Don't think a woman can fully understand the power a man feels when he takes." (Witt Long)”
“No, he thought, when everything you do, you do too long, and do too late, you can't expect to find the people still there. The people all are gone. The party's over and you are with your hostess now.I'm getting as bored with dying as with everything else, he thought.”