Anime and Manga
"Is that it? All that fuss, there was no reason for me to hold back. And I never realized... it would feel this good."
— Priscilla, Claymore
"Zehahahahaha! This is my Era!"
— Marshall D. Teach, aka Blackbeard, One Piece
"Hmmm, Hmmm! I feel spectacular! I almost feel like singing~! Eight seconds have passed! I've been immortal for one hundred years, and I've never felt this good! And it's all thanks to the blood of a Joestar. This is the greatest high!"
Comic Books
//"The power insinuates my body. And it feels so very, very good. I see things, Satanis, things I've never imagined. Worlds and planes... levels within levels... realities so far beyond any ever seen by man. I see myself a goddess over planets not yet born. It is wonderful, Satanis... inspiring... and almost impossible! All that can be is within my very grasp! All ready to be taken. All ready to be plucked!"//
— Syrene, Two for the Death of One
Film — Live-Action
Peter: I know what it feels like. It feels good. The power, everything. But you'll lose yourself. Let it go.
Eddie: I like being bad. It makes me happy.
Eddie: I like being bad. It makes me happy.
Literature
She almost felt like she was out of her body, watching herself walk forward. The sword and the bells called out to her. It was inevitable that she should pick them up, and wield them. She should raise an army of the Dead and lead it against Kilp and Aronzo. She would take Belisaere by storm and put everyone there to the sword, to make more deaths, to raise more Dead, to build an army such as the world had never seen, an army to go forth and conquer till there were none who could gainsay her.
Clariel the Great, deathless and all-powerful, free to make her own path—
Clariel the Great, deathless and all-powerful, free to make her own path—
— Old Kingdom: Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen
Tabletop Games
With regard to all forms of Dark Magic, any PC with Aethyric Attunement in proximity to it feels an edge of panic and of creeping dread. This does not necessarily apply to the one using the Dark Magic, because his or her mind is invariably flashing with colored lights and rushing with a sense of incredible power.
— Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Realms of Sorcery
Video Games
"Always remember that power is a double-edged blade. Once side light, the other dark. It calls to you when you are most desperate. When victory seems worth any sacrifice. There is a price to be paid for such a gift. And many eagerly accept the bargain. The righteous and the meek may recoil at its cost... But they have no vision! Power alone is not to be feared. Fear instead those who wield it!"
— Jaina Proudmoore, Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne trailer
"I know what you can do... you can suffer! You can squirm like the pathetic maggots you are! Wallow in torment and pain forever in oblivion! Now beg! Beg for your very lives!"
— Nega-Shantae, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
"Oh! The money! The power! I feel it - inside! Gurgling! ...Building! It's... it's, uh... EXPLOSIVE!"
— Wario Deluxe, WarioWare Gold
Web Animation
"Eh, hehe... the power... it's so intoxicating! BwahahahaHahahaHAHA!"
— Mrs. McCafrey in "The Dungeons And The Dragons" on Newgrounds
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"I have the power. I have all the power in the WOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRLD!!!"
— Fire Lord Ozai after Avatar Aang begs him to stand down and stop the war, Avatar: The Last Airbender
Real Life
"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."
