Conn Iggulden Quotes
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It's all you can say, when the end comes: 'I did not waste my time.' I think that matters. I think it may be all that matters.
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The wisdom of age is bitter when those you have failed have gone.
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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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Now there's nothing wrong with Booker prize novels - we all have wobbling tables or draughts coming in under the door
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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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Most cannot lead—the idea terrifies them. Yet for those like you and me, there is no greater joy than knowing there is no help coming. The decision is ours alone.
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Every man should be khan in his own home.
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A wolf doesn't think about refined thing. He only cares that his pack is strong and that no other wolf dares to cross his way
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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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We see death in the loss of sweet daughters and wives and fathers and old friends
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When you’re older, you will realise the only thing that matters, the only thing, is that you had courage and honour. Lose those things and you won’t die any quicker, but you’ll be less than the dirt on our boots. You’ll still be dust, but you’ll have wasted your short time in the light.
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A man should always care about pleasing his wife.
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We would all be a tyrant if we could.
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There was no justice in the world and evil men prospered. Kachiun struggled not to despair as he wrapped his deel around him, but there were times when he hated as ferociously as Temujin did. There should be justice. There should be revenge.
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If you are asking if my family will take what they want, of course they will. The strong rule, Chen Yi. Those who are not strong dream of it.
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No man could be a khan to his mother.
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You cannot deceive the mirror
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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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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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Xuan smiled at the thought of men sleeping peacefully next to those they would try to kill in daylight. Only humanity could have conceived such a strange and artificial way to die. Wolves might tear the flesh of deer, but they never slept and dreamed near their quarry.
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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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When I think that I've mastered the game, it appears that every time I discover that I was playing blindly on some larger board.
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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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The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before him. To ride their horses and take away their possessions, to see the faces of those who were dear to them bedewed with tears, and to clasp their wives and daughters in his arms.