“ If he had learned anything from his father’s fate, it was to win, no matter how you did it. It was not important if someone else was hurt, or killed. If you won, you would be forgiven anything. You co… Conn Iggulden
“ If a man has gold, he lives with the terror that someone will take it away from him, so he builds walls around it. Then everyone knows where the gold is, so they come and take it. That’s the way it al… Conn Iggulden
“ Courage cannot be left like bones in a bag. It must be brought out and shown the light again and again, growing stronger each time. If you think it will keep for the times you need it, you are wrong.… Conn Iggulden
“ The world has grown too large for one army of the nation, my brother. You will ride where I tell you to ride, conquer where I tell you to conquer. The world is yours, if you can put aside the base par… Conn Iggulden
“ There is a world outside the one we know,” he said softly, “with cultures and races and armies who have never heard of us. Yes, and cities greater than Yenking and Karakorum. To survive, to grow, we m… Conn Iggulden
“ Sung Win smiled to himself, enjoying the tension across his shoulders and the way his pulse beat in his veins. All life involved risk. Conn Iggulden
“ 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. Conn Iggulden
“ The man attempted to salute and Renius forced himself to smile, biting back his temper at the sloppy manners. He watched the fat figure run away into the buildings and wiped the first beads of sweat f… Conn Iggulden
“ I am the rightful khan of the nation. I am the gur-khan. My word is iron and my word is law. Conn Iggulden
“ 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. Conn Iggulden
“ A brave man could conquer fear, he had learned that, but perhaps only for a time. It was something the young did not understand, the way it could gnaw at a man, the way it came back stronger every tim… Conn Iggulden
“ A man needs to feel a little fear, Tolui, if only to have the pride of conquering it. Conn Iggulden
“ The nation of my father is too strong for a man who cannot command even his own body. Conn Iggulden
“ 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… Conn Iggulden
“ 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… Conn Iggulden
