[P]ower, terrible, unprecedented power, and with it came the unavoidable choice that had faced every power-junkie since time began: to have the sheer gall to fake being something greater than a man, or cop-out on the millions who had poured a part of themselves into your image and be something less. Norman Spinrad
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First, there was the hard part, the part where you had to find out what you were. Then, there was the hard part of getting what you wanted. But in the end, the hardest part of all was letting go. You see, in real life, power is fleeting.

It doesn’t stay with you forever. So when you finally let it go…

Source: Bug Jack Barron

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