List of James Clavell Quotes

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 Head.

Christ, It's So Good To Be Alive.

How Can A Man Be So Brave And So Stupid, So Gentle And So Cruel, So Warming And So Detestable -- All At The Same Time?

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 Her When The Moon's Full, Barbarians Sprout Horns And Fire Comes Out Of Our Mouths Like Dragons.

Isn't It Only Laughter We Can Stay Human?

Blackthorne, Beside The Gates, Was Still Turmoiled By His Boundless Joy At Her Reprieve And He Remembered How His Own Will Had Been Stretched That Night Of His Near-seppuku, When He Had Had To Get Up As A Man And Walk Home As A Man Unsupported, And Became Samurai. And He Watched Her, Despising The Need For This Courage, Yet Understanding It, Even Honoring It.

Changi For Me - Of Course It's Easy To Be Wise After The Event, And To Discuss It Cleverly After The Event - Was About As Near As You Can Get To Being Dead And Still Be Alive.

There Is No Dignity For Either The Sufferer Or The Torturer

It's Always Important To Take Time To Study Men -- Important Men. Friends And Enemies.

And Adam Ruled, For He Was The King. Until The Day His Will To Be King Deserted Him. Then He Died, Food For A Stronger. And The Strongest Was Always The King, Not By Strength Alone, But King By Cunning And Luck And Strength Together. Among The Rats.

Changi Became My University Instead Of My Prison. Among The Inmates There Were Experts In All Walks Of Life - The High And The Low Roads. I Studied And Absorbed Everything I Could From Physics To Counterfeiting, But Most Of All I Learned The Art Of Surviving.

God Gives Us Intelligence To Uncover The Wonders Of Nature. Without The Gift, Nothing Is Possible.