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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You can't hunt a man if he's searching for you
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You can't just wound the bear and run. He'll come after you.
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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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There was no destiny in life, nothing beyond what a man could take and hold for himself.
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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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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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To defeat the enemy, we must know him first
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You cannot deceive the mirror
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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.
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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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A man should always care about pleasing his wife.
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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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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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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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Predators did not need mercy.
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No man could be a khan to his mother.
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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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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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My word is iron," Kublai said to the guards, as Meng Guang was led away. "Your people will come to know this, in time.
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Every man can break, after certain time period. It's only necessary to find the levers that move his soul
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No worthy goal can be achieved easily. A virtue is born in suffering.
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Sometimes, power could change hands as quickly as a knife thrust.
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The eyes showed the soul and they were always hardest to mask.