" And when their goal was obtained, they had only two choices before them: gaining even more power, world without end, or dying of frustration when they consciously, or unconsciously, realized that this was not what they had wanted at all, that it gave them no delight, and the world they had attained was empty of everything. They had narrowed their existence; like a projectile, they were trained on only one target.” He walked on, and Cornelia followed, "

― Taylor Caldwell , Never Victorious, Never Defeated