Quotes by : James Clavell

What is pain to a man? A privilege!

Only merchants have money to waste, and what are they but parasites who create nothing, grow nothing,....

Why is she afraid?" he asked. "She's not Anjin-san. Just a little nervous. Please excuse her. She's never....

Perhaps that is why we love life so much, Anjin-san. You see, we have to. Death is part of our air and....

Always remember, child... that to think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you....

Without trade the world will become what it was once—a hell where only the strongest arm and the heaviest....

Wars are fought by teenagers, you realize that. They really ought to be fought by the politicians and....

That's the first rule of survival in enemy waters: volunteer nothing.

Gods are like people. They believe anything if you tell them right way.

...to think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world." If you leave your mind to itself....