152 Quotes by 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.

Winter is our time. They shut up their cities for the cold months. They put their horses in stables and sit around great fires in enormous houses of stone. If you want a bearskin, do you attack in summer when it is strong and fast, or cut its throat as it sleeps?

Be careful in your life, Tolui. I want you fit and strong for when I come for you.

The right words are always there, if a man's sharp enough to see them.

Get up,” she said. “Get up, my lord. If you do not have long, there is still much to do. You must not waste another day, another morning! Take hold of your life with both hands and crush it to you, my lord. You will not have another in this world.

Sometimes, power could change hands as quickly as a knife thrust.

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.

Predators did not need mercy.

The wisdom of age is bitter when those you have failed have gone.