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Category: Conn Iggulden

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

come, guards, iron, know, kublai, people, time, word

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

conquer, fear, man, pride

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 time, until you were alone and gasping for breath.

alone, brave, breath, conquer, fear, gasping, gnaw, man, time, understand, young

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

body, command, father, man, nation, strong

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 always goes, brother. Fools and gold, together.

fools, gold, man, terror, together, walls, way

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.

goal, suffering, value, worthy

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

army, best, force, kublai, powerful, 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.

across, beat, enjoying, himself, involved, life, pulse, risk, shoulders, smiled, sung-win, tension, veins, way

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.

life, meaning-of-life

Predators did not need mercy.

mercy, need, predators

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

god, mercy, mongols, none