Austin Grossman Quotes

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

I'm definitely sensitive to the idea of exploitation. You don't want to glamorize certain things.

there is nothing so absolute as the tyranny of weakness.

The power to do things for people is also the power to do things to people.

Certainty without power can be interesting, even amusing. Certainty with power can be dangerous.

I like the feeling of being dominated. It actually makes me feel safe as opposed to challenged.

Just because you're into control doesn't mean you're in control.

Every power draws its ultimate consequences at every moment.

The man can only ride you when your back is bent.

Newt spun, making her robe unfurl. “He’s my familiar, bought and paid for. I can claim anything of his. Even his life.” Al cleared his throat nervously. “That’s good to know,” he said lightly. “Important safety tip. Rachel, write that down somewhere as lesson number one.

The great put the little on the hooke.

I like being powerful. I hope it doesn't go to my head. If somebody's going to have it, it might just as soon be me. There's always power, and it's just a matter of in whose hands it falls.

Who hit you?" "Why, so you can go beat him up?" "One of the fringe benefits of being my human servant is my protection." "I don't need your protection, Jean-Claude." "He hurt you." "And I shoved a gun into his groin and made him tell me everything he knew," I said.

Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.

I wonder what it's like to have that much power over a boy. I don't think I'd want it - it's a lot of responsibility to hold a person's heart in your hands.

Men are whipped oftenest who are whipped easiest.

He who has had, has been, but he who hasn't been, has been had.

That's what tyrants do, I guess. They make you covet their attention; they make you confuse attention for mercy.

The advantage of beating a mute is he can't tell on you.

Here's a history lesson: when men took power of their lands, all of a sudden, women became a prize. In order for us to be protected, we had to make sure that we had our partner on our side. We were put in a position where our vulnerability was a life and death scenario. And we were taken advantage of, and we were put in a certain place that we had never been put in before.

Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story.

Why is it when you yield, I feel like the one who has been conquered?

The lust of dominion innovates so imperceptibly that we become complete despots before our wanton abuse of power is perceived; the tyranny first exercised in the nursery is exhibited in various shapes and degrees in every stage of our existence.

Why is everything always my decision?" I asked. Because you will not tolerate anything else." Oh, I remembered now. "Great", I whispered. - Anita to Jean-Claude

The worst slave owners were those who were kind to their slaves