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What is a first line, but a door flung open by an unseen hand?
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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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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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They saw Cade’s army swelling into the open like a burst blister.
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...holding to rage is like holding a piece of glowing coal. It burns only him.
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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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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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If you had been there, you would have beshit yourself, believe me.
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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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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
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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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A silver speaks it's own language, does it not?
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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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There is no escape from me, not even in death.
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Nothing pleased the Mongols more than a good trick on the field of battle.
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When I am gone, I do not want men to say Look at his piles of wealth, his cities, his palaces and fine clothes.” Genghis paused for a moment. “Instead I want them to say Make sure he is truly dead. He is a vicious old man and he conquered half the world.
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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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I have been distracted from my duty as a father to some extent, but there is no greater exercise to a man’s talents than the upbringing of his son.
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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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I think myself as a searcher for truths, with new truth for each place I visit.
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They cannot stand alone against us,” Temujin said. “We will take them one by one.
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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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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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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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