[Dragaera] Orwell, John M. Ford quotes, Morrolan

[Philip Hart]

"The distinction that really matters is not between violence and 
non-violence, but between having and not having the appetite for 
power."
(From the essay on Tolstoy.)

"The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power."
(_1984_, quoted by Ballantine and Ronay in _Growing Up Weightless_)

Somewhere I think there's a relevant quote in _The Last Hot Time_ 
from Mr. Patrise about power.  Anyway the example is relevant - he's 
a lot like Vlad's Morrolan in some ways.  Also, "[T]he True Blood is 
psychically bound to dominant modes of thought - in plainer words, 
slaves to fashion."