“Like dew I was born Like dew I vanish ..and all that I have ever done Is but a dream Within a… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
Only by living at the edge of death can you understand the indescribable joy of life - Shogun. — James Clavell Copy Share Image
Changi became my university instead of my prison. Among the inmates there were experts in all walks of life - the high… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
“The point is we both know life and understand death—and both believe treatment in hell and everywhere else depends on money.” — James Clavell Copy Share Image
“Damn what you like, Pieterzoon. But don’t damn liquor. It’s the stuff of life!” — James Clavell Copy Share Image
So much of 'normal, civilized' life is bull that you can't imagine... What frightens you, doesn't frighten me, what frightens me, you'd… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
How beautiful life is and how sad! How fleeting, with no past and no future, only a limitless now. — James Clavell Copy Share Image
“Only by living at the edge of death can you understand the indescribable joy of life.” — James Clavell Copy Share Image
What are clouds, but an excuse for the sky? What is life, but an escape from death? — James Clavell Copy Share Image
Isn’t it only through laughter that we become one with the gods and thus can endure life and can overcome all the… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
“Isn't it only through laughter that we become one with the gods and thus can endure life and can overcome all the… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
“Perhaps that is why we love life so much, Anjin-san. You see, we have to. Death is part of our air and… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
Guard yourself and your conscience no one else will and know that a bad decision at the right time can destroy you far more… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
You've commited murder just as much as Helene did. You killed a fly with a human head. She killed a human with a fly… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
Why is she afraid?" he asked. "She's not Anjin-san. Just a little nervous. Please excuse her. She's never seen a foreigner close to before."… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
“Like dew I was born Like dew I vanish ..and all that I have ever done Is but a dream Within a dream” — James Clavell Copy Share Image
“all the people have a right to vote, and no single man ever controls the destiny of any nation, either by divine right or… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
Anger is something you should only vent in front of intimates, and friends and relations. Never be angry in front of strangers because you… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
Only by living at the edge of death can you understand the indescribable joy of life - Shogun. — James Clavell Copy Share Image
“The law may upset reason but reason may never upset the law, or our whole society will shred like an old tatami. The law… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
Changi became my university instead of my prison. Among the inmates there were experts in all walks of life - the high and the… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
“Only merchants have money to waste, and what are they but parasites who create nothing, grow nothing, make nothing but feed off another's labor?” — James Clavell Copy Share Image
“The Scots knew that the burning of a cross was a summons to the clan, and to all the kinsmen of all kindred clans:… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
