17 quotes found
“Predators did not need mercy.”
“I am not you and all my choices have already been made, good and bad.”
“The world cannot be full of lead dogs, or the pack would pull itself apart.”
“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.”
“You have a powerful army, Kublai, but the best force is one you do not have to use.”
“There are many who say I believe this, but would they hold true to those beliefs if their children were threatened? No. But Genghis would. If you told him you would kill his children, he would tell...”
“History was more than just stories, he reminded himself as the men walked forward with their burdens. It taught lessons as well.”
“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 tea...”
“Kublai went on as if he had not spoken.Before you all, in the lands of my enemies, I declare myself great khan of the nation, of the khanates under my brothers, Hulegu and Arik-Boke, of the Chagata...”
“I am the rightful khan of the nation. I am the gur-khan. My word is iron and my word is law.”
“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.”
“Sung Win smiled to himself, enjoying the tension across his shoulders and the way his pulse beat in his veins. All life involved risk.”
“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.”
“My word is iron," Kublai said to the guards, as Meng Guang was led away. "Your people will come to know this, in time.”
“There are many who say ‘I believe this,’ but would they hold true to those beliefs if their children were threatened? No. But Genghis would. If you told him you would kill his children, he would te...”
“Kublai went on as if he had not spoken.“Before you all, in the lands of my enemies, I declare myself great khan of the nation, of the khanates under my brothers, Hulegu and Arik-Boke, of the Chagat...”
