"Liam can't be a rebellious son and expect to be a sentinel at the same time. I won't allow it. Sentinels obey orders. They have to."

Authority, Order, Leadership, Discipline

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"Liam can't be a rebellious son and expect to be a sentinel at the same time. I won't allow it. Sentinels obey orders. They have to."

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"It is interesting to ponder the fact that there is no real difference between what the Western Fascists wanted of literature and what the Bolsheviks want. Let me quote: "The personality of the artist should develop freely and without restraint. One thing, however, we demand: acknowledgement of our creed. Thus spoke one of the big Nazis, Dr. Rosenberg, Minister of Culture in Hitler's Germany. Another quote: "Every artist has the right to create freely; but we, Communists, must guide him according to plan. Thus spoke Lenin. Both of these are textual quotations, and their similitude would have been highly diverting had not the whole thing been so very sad."

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"It's not lying when you do it to officers!"

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"To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster."

Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer

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"Blanche is written with a terrible authority, the authority that comes from artistic necessity when the writer is compelled to write by his demon, rather than by his agent or promoter."

Paul Bailey, American Novelist

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"Principal Principal: Where's your late pass, mister?Errant Student: I'm on my way to get one now. PP: But you can't be in the hall without a pass. ES: I know, I'm so upset. That's why I need to hurry, so I can get a pass. Principal Principal pauses with a look on his face like Daffy Duck's when Bugs is pulling a fast one. PP: Well, hurry up, then, and get that pass."

Laurie Halse Anderson, American Author

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"She knew the power of bureaucracy well enough to be aware she had to sit and be admonished until this stranger felt she had expressed sufficient disappointment in a girl she would never have to see again."

Thomm Quackenbush, American Author

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"You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility."

Byron Dorgan, American Politician

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"A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once."

Frank Howard Clark, American Writer

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"Benevolence is often very peremptory."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

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"Even something as simple as ending a sentence with the tone of a question mark rather than a period can diminish a person's authority and credibility."

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"Stop looking at my mouth. His eyes darkened, as she saw his pupils dilate. He mouthed back, just as silently. 'What if I don't want to stop looking at your mouth?"

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"Nikolas. The man's voice was deep, rough, and familiar. Nikolas's flare of aggression subsided as he realized the approaching figure was Rhys. 'When you weren't here to greet us, we got worried. 'I ran into a pack of Hounds, Nikolas replied tersely. Rhys hesitated. 'Is everything ok? 'They're dead. I'm not. Situation handled."

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"Screw pretty. I'd rather be strong. Pretty fades over time. Strength gets you through the bad shit."

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"Giving her a slow, coaxing smile that turned the heat in the room up by a thousand degrees, he stroked her lips with the balls of his thumbs as he murmured, 'Can we get back to talking about possibly inviting that werewolf for sex?"

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