# Quote — Jodi Picoult, The Storyteller

> Power isn't doing something terrible to someone who's weaker than you, … It's having the strength to do something terrible, and choosing not to.

- Author: [Jodi Picoult](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jodi-picoult.md)
- Book: [The Storyteller](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jodi-picoult/the-storyteller.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jodi_Picoult#The_Storyteller_(2013)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jodi-picoult/the-storyteller/power-isnt-doing