The Mongoliad Quotes

“As his heart’s rapid drumbeat slowed, Andreas took in the richness of the forest. An endless number of drifting motes outlined beams of sunlight that cut between the trees like blessings from Heaven. We are these specks of dust, he reflected, and it is the design of the Divine Light that brings us together. We cannot see the whole of the Light, but in our passing, we give it form.”
― Neal Stephenson, The Mongoliad: Book Two

“Music, like violence, crossed all languages. These were the oldest and most complete ways of communicating that people possessed.”
― Neal Stephenson, The Mongoliad: Book Two

“Battle changed men; that was part of why Francis preached so strenuously for nonviolent resolutions to conflict. Fighting your fellow man was bestial behavior—worse than beasts, in fact, for no wolf or bear assaulted kin for the specious reasons many nobleman and king clung to as their rationale for going to war.”
― Neal Stephenson, The Mongoliad: Book Two

“Gratitude and obedience. At The Frogs, the relationship between a knight and the people was clearly understood.”
― Neal Stephenson, The Mongoliad: Book Two

“channeling Mongolian warriors. In 2007 Cooper fought a Chinese long-sword instructor on a Hong Kong rooftop—he never thought the experience would help him write battle scenes. In addition to being a member of the Mongoliad writing team, Cooper has written articles for various magazines.”
― Neal Stephenson, The Mongoliad: Book Two

“Edzard screamed at the men on the starboard side, threatening to throw them overboard if they didn’t match the pace of the port team.”
― Neal Stephenson, The Mongoliad: Book Two

“The Templar and Hospitaller commanders had argued with Calpurnius, the master of the Shield-Brethren company, as to the membership of the team that would lead the upper-floor assault. Calpurnius had listened calmly to both men’s arguments and then asked one question. “There will be no horses on this boat. How will your knights fight?”
― Neal Stephenson, The Mongoliad: Book Two

“Fearless for oneself, fear for others—that must be what it means to be a hero.”
― Neal Stephenson, The Mongoliad: Book Two

“They lack courage,” Zug spat. “When the day comes, if a man has no bravery, I will give him some of mine.”
― Neal Stephenson, The Mongoliad: Book Two

“Rome entirely. The dumb beast already sensed his fear and didn’t know what to do except be frightened as well. Run, Ferenc”
― Neal Stephenson, The Mongoliad: Book Two

“the Sword fled, and would have vanished utterly if the Pope had not granted them refuge in the ranks of the Teutonic Knights.”
― Neal Stephenson, The Mongoliad: Book Two

“warriors. In 2007 Cooper fought a Chinese long-sword instructor on a Hong Kong rooftop—he never thought the experience would help him write battle scenes. In addition to being a member of the Mongoliad writing team, Cooper has written articles for various magazines. His autobiographical piece “Growing Up Black and White,” published in Seattle Weekly, was awarded Social Issues Reporting Article of the Year by the”
― Neal Stephenson, The Mongoliad: Book Two

“Kim smiled. “Would I give you the satisfaction of seeing that?”
― Neal Stephenson, The Mongoliad: Book Two

“tales; Kim had heard them all, several times over. They were nothing he hadn’t heard before when Onghwe had set up his Circus in other cities. He started to walk toward”
― Neal Stephenson, The Mongoliad: Book Two

“dispossessed”
― Neal Stephenson, The Mongoliad: Book Two

“Crusaders”
― Neal Stephenson, The Mongoliad: Book Two

“battering”
― Neal Stephenson, The Mongoliad: Book Two