Quotes from Conn Iggulden

He wanted his enemies proud and strong, so that he could cast them further down in his vengeance.

It behooves us ill to look back and point fingers, saying, 'Ah, that should not have happened. That should not have been allowed.' Such a perspective is granted only to men staring backward, Sir William. For those of us with the will to go forward, it is as if we walk blindfolded into a dark room. Not every false step or stumble can be judged after the moment has passed, nor should it be.

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

Predators did not need mercy.

My word is Iron

To be strong - that's the first thing the man must learn. If you don't have strength, others can take you everything you have or make

To defeat the enemy, we must know him first

To be betrayed by those he trusted seems to have ignited a spark of vengeance in Temujin, a desire for power that never left him. His childhood experiences created the man he would become, who would not bend or allow fear or weakness in any form. He cared nothing for possessions or wealth, only that his enemies fall.

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.

He holds blood in his right hand," she whispered. "He will walk with death all his life.

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

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.

It was a revelation as important as any other in its way – that expert men love their subject. Show them interest, show them fascination, and they see themselves reflected – and then they will move the world for you. The

We see death in the loss of sweet daughters and wives and fathers and old friends

I think myself as a searcher for truths, with new truth for each place I visit.

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.

The great moments of your life are still ahead. Yet if you only take a step when you are certain you are right, you will never move at all.

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws. EDMUND BURKE

Conquering enemy cities was far less complicated than the women in his life, or the children they bore for him.

Enjoy the peaceful moments, Zhenjin. When the fighting starts, this will be a pleasant memory.

Vengeance is a fine thing, but forgiveness can be just as cruel.

The Chin have held us down for a long time, but that is over. We ride to war, brother.

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.

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