The Best of the Destroyer Quotes

“But didn’t you always tell me, Chiun, that pain is the price one pays to stay alive. Pain belongs to the living. Only the dead never hurt.”
― Warren Murphy, The Best of the Destroyer: Chinese Puzzle, Slave Safari, Assassin's Playoff

“I do not like your breathing,” he said. “My breathing is the same as yesterday, Little Father,” said Remo. “That is why I do not like it. It should be quieter within you today.” “Why?” “Because today you are different.” “In what way, Little Father?” “That is for you to understand. When you do not know how you are each day, then you lose sight of yourself. Know this, no man has ever had two days alike.”
― Warren Murphy, The Best of the Destroyer: Chinese Puzzle, Slave Safari, Assassin's Playoff

“A boast is bad enough but a successful boast is worse because it encourages other boasts, and they surely will cost in price. Nothing in this world is without payment.”
― Warren Murphy, The Best of the Destroyer: Chinese Puzzle, Slave Safari, Assassin's Playoff

“When you give your life to something, your life goes with it.”
― Warren Murphy, The Best of the Destroyer: Chinese Puzzle, Slave Safari, Assassin's Playoff