- Kublai Khan: I was just about your age when I knew.
- Marco Polo: Knew what sire?
- Kublai Khan: That I had to become the man I wished my father was.
- Marco Polo: [street urchins grabbing at him] Hey, can we get away from these piss ants?
- Sanga: These are my children. They follow me around like a king.
- Ariq Böke: I do not want to be Emperor of China. I do not want to be Ruler of the Face of the Earth. I want to be Khan of Mongolia.
- Kublai Khan: They are one and the same, brother.
- [last lines]
- Kublai Khan: [standing victorious on the battle field] Men of Karakorum, it is over! This fight between Mongols is done! We stand together now! We ride together! Every corner of the land beneath this Blue Sky is ours for the taking! Go back to Karakorum. Prepare for war. For soon, we ride toward the south.
- [men shouting]
- Prince Jingim: General Aruka advised retreat. I gave the order that we turn and fight like Mongols.
- Kublai Khan: Mongols do not lose.
- Prince Jingim: I have thought of nothing else these past days and nights.
- Kublai Khan: A ride preceded by victory is much shorter.
- Empress Chabi: [entering] True words such as these can only be drawn from a well of personal experience.
- Marco Polo: I called Ariq a liar tonight.
- Hundred Eyes: That was foolish. Were your words true?
- Marco Polo: Yes.
- Hundred Eyes: Run now, they will find you. Stay I can train you to survive in whatever world you choose to make your home.
- Marco Polo: This is not my home.
- Hundred Eyes: I understand.
- Marco Polo: Where did the Khan get you from?
- Hundred Eyes: I said I would train you not wallow in nostalgia with you.
- Empress Chabi: Ariq believes he can pleasure your women better than you.
- Kublai Khan: Does that excite you, Empress?
- Empress Chabi: Ariq should be trampled by 1,000 horses and left on a steppe to rot. That would excite me.
- Empress Chabi: Two Eels, One Cave. Do you know this forbidden game?
- [slowly disrobing before excited soldiers]