Oliver Bowden Quotes & Sayings

Death doesn't wait for you to finish a book." "Then read what you can, while you can. — Oliver Bowden

Ah, I am weary of this fight, Claudia ... Weary not because I am tired, but because our struggle seems to move in one direction only ... towards chaos. Today I have more questions than answers. This is why I have come so far: to find clarity. To find the wisdom left behind by the Great Mentor, so that I may better understand the purpose of our fight, and my place in it. Should anything happen to me, dear Claudia ... should my skills fail me, or my ambition lead me astray, do not seek revenge or retribution in my memory, but fight to continue the search for truth so that all may benefit. My story is one of many thousands, and the world will suffer if it ends too soon. — Oliver Bowden

It is too late for me to feel paternal now. Whatever inside me that might once have been capable of nurturing my child had long since been corrupted or burned away. Years of betrayal and slaughter have seen to that. — Oliver Bowden

Laa shay'a waqi'un moutlaq bale kouloun moumkine' -the Wisdom of our Creed is revealed through these words - 'We work in the Dark, to serve the Light. We are Assassins.'
Machiavelli — Oliver Bowden

I am an expert swordsman. And I am skilled in the business of death. I take no pleasure in my skill. Simply, I am good at it. — Oliver Bowden

Ezio considered the new century they were in - the sixteenth. And only near its beginning. What would unfold during it, he could only guess; he knew that, at his age, he would not see very much more of it. More discoveries, and more wars, no doubt. But essentially the same play repeating itself - and the same actors, only with different costumes and different props for each generation that swallows up the last, each thinking that it would be the one to do better. — Oliver Bowden

Self expression is a vital part of understanding life, and enjoying it to the full. — Oliver Bowden

A warning to you both - choose to follow me or oppose me and I will kill you.
-Connor Kenway — Oliver Bowden

we're all in the business of selling ideas to the masses, and we all think our ideas are the ones to save the world, — Oliver Bowden

It is one thing to have a mind that is open. It is quite another to have one so open that the birds can shit into it. — Oliver Bowden

To say that nothing is true, is to realize that the foundations of society are fragile, and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization. To say that everything is permitted, is to understand that we are the architects of our actions, and that we must live with their consequences, whether glorious or tragic. — Oliver Bowden

Did you know?" I snarled. "Did you help take my father and corrupt my life? — Oliver Bowden

I have sworn to be done with it. To not gaze into its core. but faced as I am with the prospect of my end, what harm is there I one last look . — Oliver Bowden

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.
-Leonardo Da Vinci — Oliver Bowden

Learning is knowledge and knowledge is freedom and power. He knew that. He had forgotten that, somehow. But he knew it once more. — Oliver Bowden

By God, you Assassins are a cheery bunch, eh? All frowns and furrowed brows."
He glared at me. "Captain Kenway. You have remarkable skill."
"Ah, thanks, mate. It comes natural. — Oliver Bowden

Why should some poor animal die just because it tastes good to us? — Oliver Bowden

It is a good life we lead, brother,' said Federico with uncharacteristic solemnity.
'The best,' Ezio agreed.'And may it never change.'
They both paused - neither wishing to break the perfection of the moment - but after a while Federico quietly spoke.'May it never change us either, fratellino. — Oliver Bowden

I could have reached him in three quick strides and slipped my blade into his spine before he had the chance to fart. — Oliver Bowden

The crowd began to murmur, but then a firm voice stilled it. Giovanni Auditore was speaking.'It is you who is the traitor, Uberto. You, one of my closest associates and friends, in whom I entrusted my life! And I am a fool. I did not see that you are one of them!' Here he raised his voice to a great cry of anguish and of rage.'You may take our lives today, but mark this - we will have yours in return!'
-Giovanni Auditore,
Before his execution — Oliver Bowden

It's incredible. The more we learn about the world, the less we seem to know. — Oliver Bowden

You take what you can get and hold on tight to it- by any means necessary. After all you only live once. — Oliver Bowden

I will journey to the black heart of a corrupt empire to root out my foes. But Rome wasn't built in a day and it won't be restored by a lone Assassin. I am Ezio Auditore Da Firenze. This is my Brotherhood. — Oliver Bowden

I am already dead inside. But I will finish what I have to do. — Oliver Bowden

Listen, do you really expect me to believe that God lives beneath the Vatican?- Ezio Auditore — Oliver Bowden

It is not our right to punish one for thinking as he does, no matter how much we disagree. — Oliver Bowden

the world is a tapestry of many colours and patterns. A just leader would celebrate this, not seek to unravel it. — Oliver Bowden

Don't think I have any intention of caressing your cheek and saying I was wrong," he said softly as I watched the life ebb out of him. "I will not weep and wonder what might have been. I'm sure you understand. — Oliver Bowden

No!" He recoiled. "You and I are finished."
"Son ... " I started.
But he rounded on me. "Do you think me so soft that calling me son might change my mind? How long did you sit on this information? Or am I to believe you only discovered it now? My mother's blood may stain another's hands, but Charles Lee is no less a monster, and all he does, he does by your command. — Oliver Bowden

Our Creed does not command us to be free. It commands us to be wise. — Oliver Bowden