James Clavell quotes - page 2

All his life he had heard legends told among pilots and sailormen about the incredible riches of Portugal's secret empire in the East, how they had by now converted the heathens to Catholicism and so held them in bondage, where gold was as cheap as pig iron, and emeralds, rubies, diamonds, and sapphires as plentiful as pebbles on a beach. If the Catholic part's true, he told himself, perhaps the rest is too. (James Clavell)
Perhaps my mommy should go back to school. Perhaps she should. View quote
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Now the sun touched the horizon and the man reined in his horse tiredly, glad that the time for prayer had come. View quote
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Just a moment, children - what does "pledge" mean? View quote
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God bless mommy and daddy, and please can we have some candy. View quote
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When you have an enemy it is wise to know his ways. The King knew as much about Grey as any man could know about another. View quote
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Help! Help me! Please help me! Help me! View quote
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So much of 'normal, civilized' life is bull that you can't imagine. ... What frightens you, doesn't frighten me, what frightens me, you'd laugh at. View quote
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For Those Who Were There And Are Not.For Those Who Were There And Are For Him. But Most, For Her. View quote
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First she studied her husband's flower arrangement. He had chosen the blossom of a single white wild rose and put a single pearl of water on the green leaf, and set it on red stones. Autumn is coming, he was suggesting with the flower, talking through the flower, do not weep for the time of fall, the time of dying when the earth begins to sleep; enjoy the time of beginning again and experience the glorious cool of the autumn air on this summer evening...soon the tear will vanish and the rose, only the stones will remain - soon you and I will vanish and only the stones will remain. View quote
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Your daddy had to go back to school a little. He had some strange thoughts - and he wanted other grown-ups to believe them. It's not right for others to believe wrong thoughts, is it? (James Clavell)
I'm going to pray to our leader every time! View quote
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Because Johnny was especially clever I think we should make him monitor for the whole week. Don't you? View quote
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Everyone just had to learn it to say it. The Children's Story came into being that day. It was then that I realized how completely vulnerable my child's mind was - any mind for that matter - under controlled circumstances. View quote
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Perhaps were using the wrong name. Instead of God, let's say "Our Leader." Let's pray to our leader for candy! View quote
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I write short stories. They may appear big in size, but when you consider it, they're four or five novels in one... In return for picking up one of my books, I'm trying to give them value for their money... the goal of writing any book is to create the illusion that what you are reading is reality and you're part of it. View quote
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We have a saying that time has no single measure, that time can be like frost or lightning or a tear or siege or storm or sunset, or even like a rock. View quote
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You must be patient before you criticize. View quote
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I can transport matter - anything - at the speed of light, perfectly. View quote
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Changi was set like a pearl on the eastern tip of Singapore Island, iridescent under the bowl of tropical skies. View quote
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Changi changed everyone, changed values permanently. For instance, it gave you a dullness about death - we saw too much of it to have the same sort of meaning to outsiders, to normal people. (James Clavell)
These men too were criminals. Their crime was vast. They had lost a war. And they had lived. View quote
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I studied and absorbed everything I could from physics to counterfeiting, but most of all I learned the art of surviving. View quote
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Closer, Changi lost its beauty and became what it was - an obscene forbidding prison. View quote
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I asked all kinds of people of every age, "You know the 'I pledge allegiance...'" but before I could finish, at once they would all parrot it, the words almost always equally blurred. View quote
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James Clavell

Occupation: Australian Novelist
Born: October 10, 1921
Died: September 7, 1994
Quotes count: 58
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