# Noble House

- Author: [James Clavell](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-clavell.md)
- Quotes: 2
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-clavell/noble-house

## Quotes

> "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. We are a generation of dinosaurs, we the few who survived. I suppose anyone who goes to war, any war, sees life with different eyes if they end up in one piece."
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> What did you see?"
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> "A lot of bull that's worshipped as the be-all and end-all of existence. 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."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-clavell/noble-house/changi-changed-everyone.md)

> So much wealth and so much power, Armstrong thought, yet with a little luck, we can bring you down like Humpty-Dumpty...

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-clavell/noble-house/so-much-wealth.md)