James Clavell

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?

The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world - and the most dangerous.

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 mean it. Duty, loyalty, honor, respect, desire, those words and thoughts are what we have, all that we need.

.., by universal custom, your enemy is never more polite than when he is planning or has planned your destruction.

Of what real value is a title? The power is the only important thing