I know, better than anyone else, that there are no heroes coming to save us. There are no good Epics. None of them protect us. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Where there are villains, there will be heroes. Just wait. They will come.

I wasn’t a nerd, mind you, but I’d spent a lot of my youth studying Epics, so I’d had limited experience with social interaction. I mixed with ordinary people about the same way that a bucket of paint mixed with a bag of gerbils.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

The world isn't fair? What a huge revelation! Some people in power abuse those they have power over? Amazing! When did this start happening?