Conn Iggulden Quotes
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What is a first line, but a door flung open by an unseen hand?
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We only have one chance, even if the entire world rests on us.
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His generals were ready; his sons were. It remained to be seen whether the Arab nations were ready to meet them in war. In their arrogance, they had invited annihilation.
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We are the silver people, the Mongols. When they ask, tell them there are no tribes. Tell them I am khan of the sea of grass, and they will know me by that name, as Genghis. Yes, tell them that. Tell them that I am Genghis and I will ride.
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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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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.
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Your people will be torn from the land for this, Tartar. Your gers will burn and your herds will be scattered.
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There was no justice in the world, but he had known that ever since the death of his father. The spirits took no part in the lives of men once they had been born. A man either endured what the world sent his way, or was crushed.
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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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...holding to rage is like holding a piece of glowing coal. It burns only him.
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I will need good friends around me if I am to survive my first year of politics. My father described it as walking barefoot in a nest of vipers.
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Perhaps he needs the money. Some of the men live too richly for their purses, if you understand me. Fame would allow him large debts, but everything has to be paid back in the end.
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They saw Cade’s army swelling into the open like a burst blister.
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They cannot stand alone against us,” Temujin said. “We will take them one by one.
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After tonight, we will be with the spirits and see the hills of home,” he called to them. “The khan will hear. He will sweep this land clean.
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The Spartans would want it known how they had died. Of all things, they considered the manner of death mattered as much as the manner of life.
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Your gold buys my service, pleasure of seeing Spartans in battle. It is a rare gift and worth more than mere coins. After all, most men see it only once and never again.
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A silver speaks it's own language, does it not?
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Every man has it's price, but it's almost never the gold
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Temujin snorted. "Never lose faith in me, little brother. My word is iron and I will always come home.
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Nothing pleased the Mongols more than a good trick on the field of battle.
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There is no escape from me, not even in death.
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If a man has gold, he lives with the terror that someone will take it away from him, so he builds walls around it. Then everyone knows where the gold is, so they come and take it. That’s the way it always goes, brother. Fools and gold, together.
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In the Senate they have as many power as we decide to grant them, do you understand it? If we don't allow them anything, then they have nothing. That which they call ''power'' is made of shadows