“You desire power only for that most selfish of all ends, and therefore you know no boundaries in the seeking and the gaining of it.”
Book 2, Chapter 2 “In Which Old Acquaintances Are Resumed and New Agreements Reached” (p. 226)
The Elric Cycle, The Revenge of the Rose (1991)
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