.., by universal custom, your enemy is never more polite than when he is planning or has planned your destruction.
James ClavellOnly by living at the edge of death can you understand the indescribable joy of life - Shogun.
James ClavellPatience means restraining yourself. There are seven emotions, Joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate. If a man doesn't give way to these, he's patient. I'm not as strong as I might be but I'm patient.
James ClavellIt's a saying they have, that a man has a false heart in his mouth for the world to see, another in his breast to show to his special friends and his family, and the real one, the true one, the secret one, which is never known to anyone except to himself alone, hidden only God knows where.
James Clavell