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Quotes from The Warlord: A Novel — Malcolm Bosse

1926–2002 United States

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"In his country and mine, a bridge builder never sells guns. [...] In China would a scholar sell guns?"

The Warlord: A Novel (1983)

"You Big Swords think you're good riders, good cavalrymen, but you have a long way to go, and you'll never be Mongols."

The Warlord: A Novel (1983)

"At the end of the day you want something. Even if you don't know what it is."

The Warlord: A Novel (1983)

"An acrobat is lucky to die with the price of a coffin in his pocket."

The Warlord: A Novel (1983)

Soldiers get paid sometimes. Bandits have to fend for themselves. But when the warlords don't have the money, their soldier become bandits.

The Warlord: A Novel (1983)

"In China a general's power goes as far as his troops can march in a few days. But from what I know of General Tang, he won't let this insult pass."

The Warlord: A Novel (1983)

"Tang is the best soldier in China"

The Warlord: A Novel (1983)

"Peasants can fool you They give in like sheep. They run away and hide. They offer their daughters if you'll let them alone. But suddenly one of them does a thing like this [and tries to kill you]."

The Warlord: A Novel (1983)

His batteries north of the swamp open fire on the nearest hill, which will later be assaulted. Batteries eastward, in front of the lake and the knoll where he stands, are rolled forward almost to the transverse road, between willow trees..

The Warlord: A Novel (1983)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Malcolm Bosse (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.