Conn Iggulden Quotes
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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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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 eyes show the soul and they are the hardest to conceal.
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The eyes showed the soul and they were always hardest to mask.
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There are no rules in life. Whether it is written down, or spoken by shamans, nothing binds a man beyond himself. Nothing, save the chains he accepts for himself. Laws and traditions mean nothing, if you have the strength.
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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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Why do you hurt me? What more do you want?” she asked, tears shining in her eyes. “Power over you, little one,” he said, smiling. “What does any man want but that? It is something in the blood of every one of us. We would all be a tyrant if we could.
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Predators did not need mercy.
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You can't hunt a man if he's searching for you
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Nothing is stronger than the bond between people who risk their lives fighting shoulder to shoulder
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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 would all be a tyrant if we could.
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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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A good general is ready for every option.
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Men respect the silent; they despise the garrulous.
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The suffering of my enemies will be a feast to the spirits. When I am old, I will remember the tears they have shed and it will ease my bones.
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You won't calm the tiger if you feed him with your own flesh
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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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This book could not have been written without the people of Mongolia, who allowed me to live among them for a time and who taught me their history over salted tea and vodka while the winter eased into spring.
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The point of war is to win, Kachiun. It does not matter how we do it, or how long it takes.
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Perfection is in the little things
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Your brother beat him almost to death, Temujin. He held him and kicked him until he cried like a child. He is afraid of you, so he hates you. It would be wrong to hurt him again. It would be like beating a dog after it has loosed it's bladder. The spirit is already broken in him.
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Sometimes, power could change hands as quickly as a knife thrust.
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As he prepared to ride on, he chuckled at the thought of the wolf entering the sheepfold. He would not ride with fire and destruction. The shepherd did not frighten his own pretty lambs.