| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 5738d8d | It's always good to be underestimated. | power smarts strentgh-and-weakness war | Melissa de la Cruz | |
| 9b4b880 | It's always taken a lot out of me, being smart. | intelligence smarts | Eudora Welty | |
| c24d1cd | Sam enjoyed knowledge. The accumulation and distribution of facts gave him a feeling of control, of utility, of the opposite of the powerlessness that comes with having a smallish, underdeveloped body that doesn't dependably respond to the mental commands of a largish, overstimulated brain. | control facts knowledge power smarts | Jonathan Safran Foer |