“Aşk bir tanrıya ait olan, önlenemeyen, kaçınılmaz bir güçtür. İnsanoğlu yağmuru ve güneşi, doğumu ve ölümü engelleyemediği gibi, ne aşktan kaçabilir, ne önüne geçebilir.”
Sayfa 17 - CanKitabı okudu
Birinci kitapta İskender’in nasıl İskender olmaya başladığını anlatırken ikinci kitapta kurgusuyla tamamen içine çekiyor. Savaş sahneleri gözünüzde canlanacak kadar güzel betimleniyor. İskender ilahlaştırılmış derecede abartılarak anlatılsa da ne büyük bir savaşçı ve kral olduğunu araştırdıkça daha iyi anlıyorsunuz. Bu kitap birinciye göre daha akıcı ve kurgusunu da daha başarılı buldum. Tarihe merakı olmayanların bile severek okuyabileceği bir seri. Tek pişmanlığım keşke karakter isimlerini başta not alarak ilerleseydim, çünkü çok fazla yabancı ve birbirine benzer isim olduğu için zaman zaman karışıklık yaratabiliyor. 
Valerio Massimo Manfredi Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Büyük iskender korinthos’tа “bir dileğin vаr mı?” diye soruncа “gölge etme, bаşkа ihsаn istemem” demiştir.
Diyojen
"Fakat" diye birisi karşı çıktı, "bu pers kadınları çok güzel! "Onların güzellikleri benim gözlerim için bir işkencedir. "
Büyük İskender
'Başkalarından iktidar ve mülk bakımından üstün olacağıma bilgi bakımından üstün olmayı tercih ederim.'
Lifting above it his strong unearthly cry, a golden eagle swooped over. In its talons was a lashing snake, snatched from the rocks. Each head lunged for the other, seeking in vain the mortal stroke. Alexander, his ear caught by the sound, gazed up intently, to see the outcome of the fight. But, still in combat, the two antagonists spired up into the cloudless sky, above the peaks of the mountains; became a speck in the dazzle, and were lost to sight.
"All is done here," he said, and gave orders to march up to the citadel.
Sayfa 473 - Vintage Books – March, 1977Kitabı okudu
"(...) some men say that standing on a cliff, they feel that the void is drawing them. It seemed my destiny."
"I have known this a long time. I am your destiny too; did you forget?"
Sayfa 444 - Vintage Books – March, 1977Kitabı okudu
Suddenly he seemed aware of Hephaistion as a presence separate from his own. He sat down by him, and laid a hand on his knee. "He gave me leave to hear, if I vowed not to disclose it. It is the same with all the Mysteries. Anything of mine I would share with you, but this belongs to the god."
No, to the witch, thought Hephaistion; that condition was made for me. But he took Alexander's hand in both of his, and pressed it reassuringly. It felt dry and warm; it rested between his in trust, but sought no consolation.
"You must obey the god, then," said Hephaistion; and thought, not for the first time, nor for the last, Who knows? Aristotle himself never denied that such things have been; he would not be so impious. If it was ever possible, it must be so still. But it is a great burden for the mortal part to carry. He clasped more tightly the hand he held.
Sayfa 434 - Vintage Books – March, 1977Kitabı okudu
Hephaistion sitting on the edge of the bed, unmoving, watched Alexander with all his being. He had perceived that his being was all he had to give. Men must not be spoken to on their way up from the shades, or they might sink back again forever. This was well known.
With the verge of consciousness, Alexander was aware of the quiet body, the face made beautiful by its intentness, the still dark-grey eyes, their whites lit by the lamp. He gave a deep sigh, and rubbed his hand across his brow.
Sayfa 433 - Vintage Books – March, 1977Kitabı okudu
He looked deeply at, and through Hephaistion, including him in his solitude.
Sayfa 433 - Vintage Books – March, 1977Kitabı okudu
Alexander came in. His eyes looked hollow, but full of a feverish exaltation. He walked over, put out his hand and touched Hephaistion, as a man might touch a sacred object for luck or a good omen, while deeply concerned with something else. Hephaistion looked, and was silent.
Sayfa 433 - Vintage Books – March, 1977Kitabı okudu
Alexander was lying flat on his back, staring upward. Suddenly he grasped Hephaistion in an embrace so fierce that it knocked the breath out of him, and said, "Without you I should go mad."
"I too without you." said Hephaistion with loving ardor. Change the meaning, he thought, and you avert the omen.
Alexander said nothing. His strong fingers gripped into Hephaistion's ribs and shoulder; the bruises would be there a week.
Sayfa 428 - Vintage Books – March, 1977Kitabı okudu