Conn Iggulden Quotes
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All men die,” Jelme went on, ignoring the outburst. “It could be tonight, next year, or in forty years, when you are toothless and weak. All you can do is choose how you stand when it comes.
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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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A little guilt has made more than a few men live better than they would have done—trying to even the scales before they cross the river.
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Sometimes it's better to just let the wave overcome you and then pick up the shards when it passes
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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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What is the purpose of life if not to conquer? To steal women and land? I would rather be here and see this than live out my life in peace.
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We see death in the loss of sweet daughters and wives and fathers and old friends
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My son's name is Temujin," he said. "He will be iron.
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If my brother was made to kneel... you will never walk again.
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Get up,” she said. “Get up, my lord. If you do not have long, there is still much to do. You must not waste another day, another morning! Take hold of your life with both hands and crush it to you, my lord. You will not have another in this world.
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If word got out that anyone was moving soldiers, they could expect a tuman to turn up on the horizon. Genghis was not a man to ignore a naked challenge to his authority. The Mongol army moved and millions would die.
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It is the quality of the burden you must consider, Brutus, not the weight.
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Keep him alive," he whispered to the sky father. "Keep him strong and healthy. Keep him alive, for me to kill.
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I have not given thought to what comes after the battles. Perhaps I will rule. Is that not the right of a conqueror?
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You have to consider the quality of the cargo and not the weight
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Every man, who has fought in a battle, is now ash, every sword has been eaten by rust, but the lessons still must be learned
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I am the land, the bones of the hills," he said fiercely, "I am the winter. When I am dead, I will come for you all in the coldest nights.
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There was no destiny in life, nothing beyond what a man could take and hold for himself.
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The eyes showed the soul and they were always hardest to mask.
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It does not matter what others think of how I lived my life. It does not matter if we go down in Temuge’s histories as tyrants or even cowards. All that matters is what we do now. We are our only judges, Kachiun. Remember that. Those who come after will have other trials, other battles to worry about.
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Hawks and eagles don't fly together. They are of totally different kind.
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Conquering enemy cities was far less complicated than the women in his life, or the children they bore for him.
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No man could be a khan to his mother.
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The eyes show the soul and they are the hardest to conceal.