Conn Iggulden Quotes

In this age of video games and cell phones, there must still be a place for knots, tree houses, and stories of incredible courage.

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.

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.

The eagles ruled the air as the tribes ruled the land.

Men respect the silent; they despise the garrulous. - Marius

The wisdom of age is bitter when those you have failed have gone.

My word is iron, " Kublai said to the guards, as Meng Guang was led away. "Your people will come to know this, in time.

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.

There is no escape from me, not even in death.

You have a powerful army, Kublai, but the best force is one you do not have to use.

Sung Win smiled to himself, enjoying the tension across his shoulders and the way his pulse beat in his veins. All life involved risk.

God had mercy, he knew. The Mongols had none.

Predators did not need mercy.

He would never understand women, he thought. They were life’s great mystery.

I am the rightful khan of the nation. I am the gur-khan. My word is iron and my word is law.

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.

I am not you and all my choices have already been made, good and bad.

A man needs to feel a little fear, Tolui, if only to have the pride of conquering it.

The nation of my father is too strong for a man who cannot command even his own body.

Be careful in your life, Tolui. I want you fit and strong for when I come for you.

No worthy goal should come easily, he told himself. Suffering created value.

There is a price for all things, my son, for all men. I have merely to find his.

The world cannot be full of lead dogs, or the pack would pull itself apart.

Sometimes, power could change hands as quickly as a knife thrust.

History was more than just stories, he reminded himself as the men walked forward with their burdens. It taught lessons as well.

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.