"Yes, we know the truth. The truth is that knowledge is not power--it is the prelude to power. Knowledge lets us see what is really important and, most importantly, how to attain it. Power is, after all, what really matters. Power is not a means to an end--it is the end. Power is what makes our unlives worth living. Power is what gives the night meaning."

-- Keith Herber, Clan Book: Tremere, The Price of Eternity