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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A man must always have the possibility of a final choice between life and death. You can take him all the rest, but that never.
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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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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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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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He holds blood in his right hand," she whispered. "He will walk with death all his life.
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No worthy goal should come easily, he told himself. Suffering created value.
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To be close to your greatest desire could be an exquisite pain
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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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I think myself as a searcher for truths, with new truth for each place I visit.
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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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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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No man can think about everything; we can only be ready for everything
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To defeat the enemy, we must know him first
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He who controls the heartland controls the world.
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You can't hunt a man if he's searching for you
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All information can be bought, my son, if you are willing to pay the price.
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It was the tragedy of women to be lusted after and stolen in the night.
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You won't calm the tiger if you feed him with your own flesh