# Quote — Tim Powers, The Stress of Her Regard

> Every ruler wants to maintain the status quo.

- Author: [Tim Powers](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-powers.md)
- Book: [The Stress of Her Regard](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-powers/the-stress-of-her-regard.md)
- Page: 170
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tim_Powers#The_Stress_of_Her_Regard_(1989)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-powers/the-stress-of-her-regard/every-ruler-wants

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> He was dizzy, and it occurred to him that Newton must have been right when he’d said that light consisted of particles, for today he could feel them hitting him.

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> He tried to put more conviction into his voice than he felt, and he mentally cursed any God that there might be, for having made this coming ordeal not only tremendously difficult and dangerous, but possibly pointless too.

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