James Clavell Quotes

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• Only by living at the edge of death can you understand the indescribable joy of life - Shogun.
• What are clouds, but an excuse for the sky? What is life, but an escape from death?
• What can I do to help thee?" he asked. "Believe there is a tomorrow.
• It's a saying they have, that a man has a false heart in his mouth for the world to see, another in his breast to…
• 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." "Tell…
• How beautiful life is and how sad! How fleeting, with no past and no future, only a limitless now.
• Wars are fought by teenagers, you realize that. They really ought to be fought by the politicians and old people who start these wars." (Interview…
• First the priests arrive. Then the conquistadores.
• Patience means restraining yourself. There are seven emotions, Joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate. If a man doesn't give way to these, he's…
• Guard yourself and your conscience no one else will and know that a bad decision at the right time can destroy you far more surely…
• Love is a Christian word, Anjin-san. Love is a Christian thought, a Christian ideal. We have no word for 'love' as I understand you to…

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