{"author":"Conn Iggulden","author_id":"Conn+Iggulden","total_quotes":37,"quotes":[{"text":"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 not the case. A wolf cannot have more than one head, General, or it tears itself apart.","author":"Conn Iggulden","tags":["apart","case","expect","general","head","men","obey","orders","part","same","tears","wolf"],"id":33721,"author_id":"Conn+Iggulden"},{"text":"History was more than just stories, he reminded himself as the men walked forward with their burdens. It taught lessons as well.","author":"Conn Iggulden","tags":["burdens","forward","history","just","lessons","men","more","reminded","stories","taught"],"id":54392,"author_id":"Conn+Iggulden"},{"text":"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. It is like any other part of your strength. If you ignore it, the bag will be empty when you need it most.","author":"Conn Iggulden","tags":["courage"],"id":70293,"author_id":"Conn+Iggulden"},{"text":"The nation of my father is too strong for a man who cannot command even his own body.","author":"Conn Iggulden","tags":["body","command","father","man","nation","strong"],"id":97584,"author_id":"Conn+Iggulden"},{"text":"Be careful in your life, Tolui. I want you fit and strong for when I come for you.","author":"Conn Iggulden","tags":["anger"],"id":104966,"author_id":"Conn+Iggulden"},{"text":"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 could be taken from a stinking ger and forced through the ranks until a thousand men followed your orders as if they came from the khan himself. Blood and talent. The nation was built on both.","author":"Conn Iggulden","tags":["blood","both","built","forgiven","ger","hurt","important","khan","killed","matter","nation","orders","ranks","talent","thousand","win"],"id":109303,"author_id":"Conn+Iggulden"},{"text":"There is no escape from me, not even in death.","author":"Conn Iggulden","tags":["death","escape"],"id":111386,"author_id":"Conn+Iggulden"},{"text":"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 tear the flesh of deer, but they never slept and dreamed near their quarry.","author":"Conn Iggulden","tags":["artificial","daylight","deer","die","dreamed-quarry","flesh","humanity","kill","men","never","next","peacefully","sleeping","slept","smiled","strange","tear","thought","try","way","wolves","xuan"],"id":115020,"author_id":"Conn+Iggulden"},{"text":"The world cannot be full of lead dogs, or the pack would pull itself apart.","author":"Conn Iggulden","tags":["apart","cannot","dogs","full","lead","pack","world"],"id":126729,"author_id":"Conn+Iggulden"},{"text":"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.","author":"Conn Iggulden","tags":["alone","brave","breath","conquer","fear","gasping","gnaw","man","time","understand","young"],"id":128876,"author_id":"Conn+Iggulden"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":37,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}