Conn Iggulden Quotes
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A death is never good. It's never pleasant. We can only ignore it, until our time comes.
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Mother's love is unusual and complicated, unresolved to reason.
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I will finish what I have begun. I have said it. This is my khanate.
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Some enemies you must conquer, while the others you just need to outlive them
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You have a powerful army, Kublai, but the best force is one you do not have to use.
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He was the khan of Wolves and he feared no man. They would pay dearly for his skin.
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Courage cannot be left like bones in a bag. It must be brought out and shown the light again and again, growing stronger each time. If you think it will keep for the times you need it, you are wrong. It is like any other part of your strength. If you ignore it, the bag will be empty when you need it most.
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No man can think on everything; we can only be ready for everything
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For the khan, we will take their cities, their women, and their lands. This is the great raid, the farthest strike in the history of the nation of Genghis. We will not be stopped.
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I say you are tribeless wanderers, without marks of rank or blood,’ Khasar said. ‘Don’t leave your posts while I am gone. I am going to ride into the city over your bodies.
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The world cannot be full of lead dogs, or the pack would pull itself apart.
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Anyone can change the world. But no one can change it forever. In a hundred years, no one you know will be alive. What will it matter then if we fought or just spent our days sleeping in the sun?
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This is no game of thrones, but real endings and real blood.
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He had a vision of a nation. The incredible martial skills of the Mongol tribes had always been wasted against each other. From nothing, surrounded by enemies, Temujin rose to unite them all. What came next would shake the world.
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We are nothing but the oath we give.
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What is a first line, but a door flung open by an unseen hand?
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Behold a people shall come from the north, and a great nation. They shall hold the bow and the lance; they are cruel and will not show mercy; their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses every one put in array, like a man to the battle.
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A man must feel a little bit of fear, even if just to fell pride when he conquers it.
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He did not fear such enemies, nor a dozen armies like them. He was khan of the sea of grass and they were just city men, soft and fat for all their bluster and sharp swords. He would cut them down.
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I'm the land and the bones of the hills. I'm winter. When I die, I'll pursue you in the coldest nights.
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To be betrayed by those he trusted seems to have ignited a spark of vengeance in Temujin, a desire for power that never left him. His childhood experiences created the man he would become, who would not bend or allow fear or weakness in any form. He cared nothing for possessions or wealth, only that his enemies fall.
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Genghis nodded drunkenly. "Writing," he replied, scornfully. "It traps words." "It makes them real, lord. It makes them last".
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If you had been there, you would have beshit yourself, believe me.
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He chuckled to himself as he walked. A warm woman and a battle to come. To be alive on such a night was a wondrous thing.