Power resides where men believe it resides. A very small man can cast a very large shadow.
– George RR Martin
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- Power is a curious thing. Who lives, Who dies. Power resides where men believe it resides. It is a trick, A shadow on the wall. – Lord Varys
- Each memory was now the shadow of a shadow of a shadow. The only thing that remained tangible to him was the sense of absence. – Haruki Murakami
- You have come from the shadow of the heroin and the shadow of your brother, my friend. Come from the shadow of yourself, if you dare. – Stephen King
- The more we frequent men, the blacker our thoughts; and when, to clarify them, we return to our solitude, we find there the shadow they have cast. – Emil M Cioran
- Men live their lives trapped in an eternal present, between the mists of memory and the sea of shadow that is all we know of the days to come. – George RR Martin
- The fountain of youth resides in our memory. You will never outlive your shadow. – Lorin MorganRichards
- What men call the shadow of the body is not the shadow of the body, but is the body of the soul. – Oscar Wilde
- I believe in steel swords, gold coins, and man’s wits. (…) And I believe there once were dragons. I’ve seen their skulls, after all. – George RR Martin
- To light a candle is to cast a shadow – Kate Forsyth
- When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow. – Ursula K Le Guin
- You are like fire; you will burn wherever you go. If contained, channeled, you can bring light, but you will also always cast a shadow. – Michelle Hodkin
- Without the past to cast its long shadow, might you see the future more clearly? – Diane Setterfield
- The sun had just slipped behind the trees and evening cast its dark, smoky shadow. – Nancy B Brewer
- The old woman was the kind who would not cut down a large old tree because it was a large old tree. – Flannery OConnor
- A small tree with large roots will last longer than a large tree with small roots. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- He screamed in agony as large black wings erupted from his back – each had four large talons on it. – Alan Kinross
- You have immense power–power to overcome, power to achieve, power to possess, and power to prosper, making you incredibly irresistible. – Anitra SheltonQuinn
- A man can own a woman, and a man can own a knife, but no man can own both, – George RR Martin
- All men are fools, and all men are knights where women are concerned. – George RR Martin
- Without the sun, there is no shadow; without the Son, there is only shadow. – Anthony Liccione
- A human’s best training is with his shadow. You have to fight with your shadow. – Manuel Rivas
- Over the lives borne from under the shadow of death there seems to fall the shadow of madness. – Joseph Conrad
- How confusing to live in the shadow of a shadow. – Gillian Flynn
- No matter how hard you fight the darkness, every light casts a shadow, and the closer you get to the light, the darker that shadow becomes. – Plato
- The church says the earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence even in a shadow than in the church. – Ferdinand Magellan
- It was in their friendship they just wanted to run forever, shadow and shadow. – Ray Bradbury
- As long as politics is the shadow of big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance. – John Dewey
- Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing. – Abraham Lincoln
- Wherever there is light, look for the shadow. The shadow is me. – Anas Nin
- Wherever this is light, look for the shadow. The shadow is me. – Anas Nin
- It is only where the light and shadow meet, we can see the beauty of both the light and the shadow! – Mehmet Murat ildan
- the media are not the holders of power, but they constitute by and large the space where power is decided. – Manuel Castells
- God is not a being but an atom where all the power, attraction, information, and beauty resides. – Debasish Mridha
- All the power in the world, resides inside you.If you let it. – Krishna Sagar
- A man who has shot lions in large quantities has an unfair advantage over other men. – Agatha Christie
- Such is the great nature of man, it resides the true face beneath a glittering masquerade. – K Hari Kumar
- Darkness reveals truths that no sun can bring to light, for inside the heart of man resides a beast, only tamed by the shackles of the day. – Felix O Hartmann
- Men define intelligence, men define usefulness, men tell us what is beautiful, men even tell us what is womanly – Sally Kempton
- Men of power have not time to read, yet men who do not read are not fit for power. – Michael Foot
- Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men. – John Emerich Edward DalbergActon