Shogun Quotes

“Oare ce-s nourii
Daca nu o justificare a cerului?
Oare ce-i viata
Daca nu o amanare a mortii?”
― James Clavell, Shōgun

“I can't use hope against swords.”
― James Clavell, Shōgun

“Beyond the castle walls, the city lay in almost total darkness. Above, the moon was pallid and misted. It was a brooding, darkling night. And, it seemed to him, doom walked the heavens.”
― James Clavell, Shōgun

“Trupul nu-i decat o biata coliba pierduta in pustie.”
― James Clavell, Shōgun

“Yes. My ship'll be like her, he promised himself. She'll be trim and miniature and perfect like a Yoshitomo blade, and that's the best in the world, and just as dangerous. Next year she'll take a prize twenty times her own weight, like Mariko did at Osaka, ans she'll rip the enemy out of Asia.”
― James Clavell, Shōgun

“Perhaps that is why we love life so much, Anjin-san. You see, we have to. Death is part of our air and see and earth.”
― James Clavell, Shōgun

“Mariko,san, it was your karma to die gloriously and live forever. Anjin-san, my friend, it is your karma never to leave this land. It is mine to be Shogun.”
― James Clavell, Shōgun

“There is no escape now. For anyone.'
'Be patient. The sun has not yet set.'
'I have no confidence in this sun, Mariko-san.'
He reached out and touched her face. 'Gomen nasai.”
― James Clavell, Shōgun

“But the forest,
Wounded by the wind,
Weeps dead leaves.”
― James Clavell, Shogun book 5

“By historic custom only the descendants of the sprawling, ancient, semi-divine families of the Minowara, Takashima, and Fujimoto were entitled to the rank of Shogun.”
― James Clavell, Shogun

“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.”
― James Clavell, Shogun Part 2 Of 3

“What are clouds,
But an excuse for the sky?
What is life,
But an escape from death?”
― James Clavell, Shōgun

“According to Bruck’s New Yorker profile, Shogun is Gingrich’s Bible. God save us, it isn’t even a good book. On the other hand, it is a lot better than his own novel, 1945, which is so appalling that anyone who admires Gingrich should be forced to read it.”
― Molly Ivins, Who Let the Dogs In?: Incredible Political Animals I Have Known