12 Quotes by Amelia Danver

Power is intoxicating

Power is intoxicating.

There is nothing more dangerous than an idea. And nothing more destructive than an idea falling into the wrong hands.

A stolen intel could result after a night of pleasure, just as easily as death from a slit across the throat in the dark.

That day, my Master spoke about a concept associated with that iconic flower of Japan, "mono no aware", which meant the impermanence of things. That nothing in this life lasted, just like the short-lived bloom of the sakura. We would never pass the same moment again twice.

It was not so much a battle of wits as it was a battle of wills, with me losing sorely.

We come from two very different worlds, his filled with real dangers, violence, and passion, whereas all the perils and action in my life, have been largely confined to the pages of the books I read and to the imagination that I hold inside my own head.

She was the soothing balm to my wounds, the effective painkiller to my aches, the potent drug to my paranoia.

There was nothing more dangerous than idea. And nothing more destructive than an idea falling into the wrong hands.