“That was the strength of the Nazis," she said. "They understood God better than anyone. They knew how to make him stay away.”

"Been Alone so Long"

Source: Daughters of Darkness

Source: Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (1994), p. 50

Variant: When a strong woman recklessly throws away her strength she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away.
Source: Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Gordon shrugged. “It was called ‘the Big Lie’ technique, Johnny. Just sound like you know what you’re talking about—as if you’re reciting facts. Talk very fast. Weave your lies into the shape of a conspiracy theory and repeat your assertions over and over again. Those who want an excuse to hate or blame—those with big but weak egos—will leap at a simple, neat explanation for the way the world is. Those types will never call you on the facts.”
Source: The Postman (1985), Section 3, “Cincinnatus”, Chapter 13 (p. 255)

Source: Heaven, Texas

Source: By Nightfall

Amanda Collier Ridley, Chapter 2, p. 35
2009, The Best of Me (2011)