Top 100 Conn Iggulden Quotes
#1. In this age of video games and cell phones, there must still be a place for knots, tree houses, and stories of incredible courage.
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#2. Be careful in your life, Tolui. I want you fit and strong for when I come for you.
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#3. For the khan, we will take their cities, their women, and their lands. This is the great raid, the farthest strike in the history of the nation of Genghis. We will not be stopped.
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#4. There was no justice in the world, but he had known that ever since the death of his father. The spirits took no part in the lives of men once they had been born. A man either endured what the world sent his way, or was crushed.
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#6. He would send out the tumans to dominate the Sung for all time. He clenched his fist as he stood in the silence. They had almost fallen to a Mongol general. They would fall to the great khan.
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#7. 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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#8. Genghis had once told him he should never give an order they would not obey. He should never let them see the limits of his authority. The
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#10. He was the khan of Wolves and he feared no man. They would pay dearly for his skin.
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#11. Temujin snorted. Never lose faith in me, little brother. My word is iron and I will always come home.
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#12. My son's name is Temujin," he said. "He will be iron.
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#13. Conquering enemy cities was far less complicated than the women in his life, or the children they bore for him.
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#14. Enjoy the peaceful moments, Zhenjin. When the fighting starts, this will be a pleasant memory.
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#16. A strong man could bend the sky to suit him, but only for himself, Temujin knew.
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#17. They had learned that Sorhatani expected the same sort of instant obedience as her husband. She had grown up around men of power and had married into the great khan's family at a very young age. She knew that men prefer to follow, that it takes an effort of will to lead. She had that will.
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#18. 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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#19. I came to these lands because when a man threatens me and I look away, he has taken something important from me. If I fight and die, all he can take is my life. My courage, my dignity remain. Shall I do less for the nation I have made? Shall I allow them less honor than I claim for myself?
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#20. They were few, but they were hardened in fire. They had been cast out and many would hunger as he did: for a tribe, and for a chance to strike back at a world that had abandoned them.
"It is begun here," Temujin whispered. "I have had enough of hiding. Let them hide from me.
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#21. 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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#22. Sung Win smiled to himself, enjoying the tension across his shoulders and the way his pulse beat in his veins. All life involved risk.
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#23. After tonight, we will be with the spirits and see the hills of home," he called to them. "The khan will hear. He will sweep this land clean.
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#24. 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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#25. 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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#26. A man needs to feel a little fear, Tolui, if only to have the pride of conquering it.
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#27. I have called those who had no tribe," he went on, "but still had honor and heeded the call of blood to blood. They rode us in trust. And I say to you all, there are no tribes under the sky father. There is only one Mongol nation and it begins this night, in this place.
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#28. If my brother was made to kneel ... you will never walk again.
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#29. You will revenge my father's death and we will be one tribe across the face of the plains, one people. As it should always have been. Let the Tartars fear us then. Let the Chin fear us.
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#30. We are from a line of khans, brother. We rule wherever we are placed.
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#31. They have kept us apart for a thousand generations, Kachiun. They have ridden us until we were nothing more than savage dogs. That is the past. I have brought us together and they will be trembling. I'll give them cause.
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#32. 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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#33. I am not you and all my choices have already been made, good and bad.
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#34. He chuckled to himself as he walked. A warm woman and a battle to come. To be alive on such a night was a wondrous thing.
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#35. Genghis nodded drunkenly. "Writing," he replied, scornfully. "It traps words."
"It makes them real, lord. It makes them last.
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#36. I say you are tribeless wanderers, without marks of rank or blood,' Khasar said. 'Don't leave your posts while I am gone. I am going to ride into the city over your bodies.
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#37. The wisdom of age is bitter when those you have failed have gone.
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#38. The Chin have held us down for a long time, but that is over. We ride to war, brother.
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#39. There was no justice in the world - unless he made it for himself. Unless he cut twice as deep as he had been cut and gave back blow for blow. He had the right.
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#40. History was more than just stories, he reminded himself as the men walked forward with their burdens. It taught lessons as well.
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#41. There was no destiny in life, nothing beyond what a man could take and hold for himself.
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#42. You obey orders, because if you do not, you cannot expect the same from your men. You are part of the wolf, not the whole wolf. I would have thought you had learned that when you were a boy, but it is not the case. A wolf cannot have more than one head, General, or it tears itself apart.
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#43. He did not fear such enemies, nor a dozen armies like them. He was khan of the sea of grass and they were just city men, soft and fat for all their bluster and sharp swords. He would cut them down.
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#45. There is no escape from me, not even in death.
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#46. There is a price for all things, my son, for all men. I have merely to find his.
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#47. 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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#48. We are the silver people, the Mongols. When they ask, tell them there are no tribes. Tell them I am khan of the sea of grass, and they will know me by that name, as Genghis. Yes, tell them that. Tell them that I am Genghis and I will ride.
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#49. 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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#50. His generals were ready; his sons were. It remained to be seen whether the Arab nations were ready to meet them in war. In their arrogance, they had invited annihilation.
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#51. 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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#52. The decision took a moment, but it lasted a lifetime
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#54. 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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#55. This is no game of thrones, but real endings and real blood.
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#56. The nation of my father is too strong for a man who cannot command even his own body.
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#57. No worthy goal should come easily, he told himself. Suffering created value.
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#58. Perhaps he needs the money. Some of the men live too richly for their purses, if you understand me. Fame would allow him large debts, but everything has to be paid back in the end.
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#59. 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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#60. We were so young then, but by the sky father, I am not that young man who had never seen the swollen dead. I am khan. It is done and I would not change it." He clenched his fist, taking pleasure in his own strength. "I will not let another stand in my place.
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#61. Men respect the silent; they despise the garrulous. - Marius
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#62. The eagles ruled the air as the tribes ruled the land.
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#63. We are all fools with our sons. We wipe them and suckle them and all we expect is for them to be grateful to the end of their days.
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#64. A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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#65. 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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#66. 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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#67. He is no fool, Kublai. He understands far better than you realize. The khan's vast armies cannot return to being herdsmen, not anymore. He is riding the tiger now, my son. He dare not climb down.
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#68. The world cannot be full of lead dogs, or the pack would pull itself apart.
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#69. 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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#70. You have a powerful army, Kublai, but the best force is one you do not have to use.
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#71. Sometimes, power could change hands as quickly as a knife thrust.
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#72. I have been distracted from my duty as a father to some extent, but there is no greater exercise to a man's talents than the upbringing of his son.
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#73. He had a vision of a nation. The incredible martial skills of the Mongol tribes had always been wasted against each other. From nothing, surrounded by enemies, Temujin rose to unite them all. What came next would shake the world.
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#74. 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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#75. 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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#76. Genghis snorted. Men always die in war. Their kings expect it. I want them to know that if they resist me, they are putting their hand in the mouth of a wolf. They will lose everything and they can expect no mercy.
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#77. We will survive this, my sons. We will survive until you are men, and when Eeluk is old, he will wonder if it is you coming for him every time he hears hooves in the darkness.
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#78. He would never understand women, he thought. They were life's great mystery.
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#80. He wanted his enemies proud and strong, so that he could cast them further down in his vengeance.
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#82. 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.
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#83. 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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#84. Nothing sapped morale like the fear of being attacked from behind.
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#85. 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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#86. 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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#87. Nothing pleased the Mongols more than a good trick on the field of battle.
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#88. They cannot stand alone against us," Temujin said. "We will take them one by one.
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#90. 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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#91. This story began with a single, starving family, hunted and alone on the plains of Mongolia - and ends with Kublai Khan ruling an empire larger than that of Alexander the Great or Julius Caesar. Over just three generations, that is simply the greatest rags-to-riches tale in human history.
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#92. Behold a people shall come from the north, and a great nation. They shall hold the bow and the lance; they are cruel and will not show mercy; their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses every one put in array, like a man to the battle.
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#93. You do not hunt a man who comes looking for you, Temujin reminded him softly.
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#94. It is done. We are a nation and we will ride. Tonight, let no man think of his tribe and mourn. We are a greater family and all lands are ours to take.
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#95. 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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#96. The things I've seen ... no, the things I've done." He shuddered slightly as memories flashed into his mind. "I was as innocent. I thought I understood the world, but I was little more than a child.
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#97. I am the rightful khan of the nation. I am the gur-khan. My word is iron and my word is law.
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#98. Within two years, they would be attacking us. The emperor has seen what we can do and he will not make the same mistakes again. One chance we have made for ourselves, Khasar. You cannot wound a bear and run. It will chase you down.
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#99. I will finish what I have begun. I have said it. This is my khanate.
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