Conn Iggulden Quotes

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.

There is no escape from me, not even in death.

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

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.

Predators did not need mercy.

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

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 from his brow. Strange that such men as that should understand loyalty where so many others threw it aside at the first hint of freedom.