Conn Iggulden Quotes
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A man needs to feel a little fear, Tolui, if only to have the pride of conquering it.
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He who controls the heartland controls the world.
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No worthy goal should come easily, he told himself. Suffering created value.
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We will not stop until the sea bounds us in every direction. I am Genghis who say this and my word is iron.
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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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Life is never a simple problem made of questions and one answer. There are always plenty answers.
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All information can be bought, my son, if you are willing to pay the price.
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He holds blood in his right hand," she whispered. "He will walk with death all his life.
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This is my empire, Uriang-Khadai. I will not be made to leave. Ready the tumans for battle, Orlok. I will face my enemies and I will destroy them.
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To be close to your greatest desire could be an exquisite pain
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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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No man can think about everything; we can only be ready for everything
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Winter is our time. They shut up their cities for the cold months. They put their horses in stables and sit around great fires in enormous houses of stone. If you want a bearskin, do you attack in summer when it is strong and fast, or cut its throat as it sleeps?
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It was the tragedy of women to be lusted after and stolen in the night.
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I think myself as a searcher for truths, with new truth for each place I visit.
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The wisdom of age is bitter when those you have failed have gone.
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If my brother was made to kneel... you will never walk again.
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You won't calm the tiger if you feed him with your own flesh
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Just as the kids are afraid of the dark, so too are grown ups scared of power. It lures, but, also, consumes. It's a game that mustn't never be taken lightly.
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A man must always have the final choice in life and in death. Anything else can be taken from him, but never that.
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He would never understand women, he thought. They were life’s great mystery.
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There is a price for all things, my son, for all men. I have merely to find his.
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Life is too valuable to be wasted and it lasts too short
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You can't hunt a man if he's searching for you