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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Predators did not need mercy.

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

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

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.

I lit up like a Christmas tree-Augustus Waters

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

You just have to stand and grit your teeth and know your poll numbers are going to go down - and mine have - but you gotta grit through it because the alternative is unacceptable.

I'm coming back in... and it's the saddest moment of my life.

Liberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.

Education gives you neither experience nor wisdom.

Dreaming is one of humanity’s greatest gifts; it champions aspiration, spurs innovation, leads to change, and propels the world forward.

Im a firm believer that actors take to work who they arent at home. People show their other self in their art or in their work.

How lovely are the portals of the night, when stars come out to watch the daylight die.

The mass-market paperback, for one, is too expensive.