. . . none of these things had really got to happen at all, since she could prevent them. The power of pure destruction was still hers. She could still make it death or glory.

Goodness is giving up power and acting upon the world negatively. The good are unimaginable.

The exercise of power is a dangerous delight. The short path is the only path but it is very steep.

Of what value after all is a power which one could never use, or at any rate did not know how to use?

To be a complete victim may be another source of power.