Conn Iggulden Quotes
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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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You do not placate a tiger by feeding it your own flesh.
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Be careful in your life, Tolui. I want you fit and strong for when I come for you.
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The decision took a moment, but it lasted a lifetime
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We would all be a tyrant if we could.
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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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The eyes show the soul and they are the hardest to conceal.
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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 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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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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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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You can't hunt a man if he's searching for you
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Sometimes, power could change hands as quickly as a knife thrust.
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A good general is ready for every option.
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Predators did not need mercy.
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Men respect the silent; they despise the garrulous.
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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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You won't calm the tiger if you feed him with your own flesh
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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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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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Perfection is in the little things
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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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We are not here to earn riches with a bow. The wolf does not think of fine things, only that his pack is strong and no other wolf dares to cross his path. That is enough.
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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.