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Bernard Cornwell quotes: A sad, plangent music. In the British camp, Sharpe thought, they would be singing, but no one was singing here. A sad, plangent music. In the British camp, Sharpe thought, they would be singing, but no one was singing here.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: We were dressed for war, and war was coming. We were dressed for war, and war was coming.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: But Alfred could not live long. He was already an old man, well past forty years, and now he was looking to the future. He But Alfred could not live long. He was already an old man, well past forty years, and now he was looking to the future. He
Bernard Cornwell quotes: It takes a weak man to prove his strength by striking a woman. It takes a weak man to prove his strength by striking a woman.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: She looked at Stiorra and grinned, and I wondered whether that was what the two girls had in common: bad fathers. She looked at Stiorra and grinned, and I wondered whether that was what the two girls had in common: bad fathers.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: The Christian god has nothing better to do than to make rules for us. He The Christian god has nothing better to do than to make rules for us. He
Bernard Cornwell quotes: It was madness. And, as Finan had said, sometimes madness works. It was madness. And, as Finan had said, sometimes madness works.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: I ain't seen a herd the size of it, not even when the Scots drive the beeves down from Scotland to London. I ain't seen a herd the size of it, not even when the Scots drive the beeves down from Scotland to London.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: And we screamed. We screamed our war cry, our shout of slaughter, our joy of being men in battle who are driven by terror. And we screamed. We screamed our war cry, our shout of slaughter, our joy of being men in battle who are driven by terror.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Only a fool leaves cash where a servant can find it,' he said. Only a fool leaves cash where a servant can find it,' he said.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: I was hated, and I knew it. Part of it was my fault, I am arrogant. I was hated, and I knew it. Part of it was my fault, I am arrogant.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: This time, if God wills it, we shall replace him. A man bitten by a snake once does not let the snake live a second time. This time, if God wills it, we shall replace him. A man bitten by a snake once does not let the snake live a second time.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Thousands!" Appah Rao's tone mocked the claim. "You may have thousands, Colonel, but the Tippoo has tigers. Thousands!" Appah Rao's tone mocked the claim. "You may have thousands, Colonel, but the Tippoo has tigers.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Life is simple," I said. "Ale, women, sword, and reputation. Nothing else matters. Life is simple," I said. "Ale, women, sword, and reputation. Nothing else matters.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: The wheel of fortune that had once raised her so high had taken her into the utter depths. The wheel of fortune that had once raised her so high had taken her into the utter depths.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: You should always plan your battles form the enemy's point of view. You should always plan your battles form the enemy's point of view.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: The sun shone on us, the water sparkled, the oar-blades dipped and we were gone. Gone to make history. The sun shone on us, the water sparkled, the oar-blades dipped and we were gone. Gone to make history.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: We all suffer from dreams. We all suffer from dreams.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: The sun flashed off the wet blades, splinters of light, then the oars dipped, were tugged, and the beast-headed boats surged, and I stared entranced. The sun flashed off the wet blades, splinters of light, then the oars dipped, were tugged, and the beast-headed boats surged, and I stared entranced.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: The church, we're to meet in the church. Do try to wipe that blood off your mail, Uhtred. We're an embassy! The church, we're to meet in the church. Do try to wipe that blood off your mail, Uhtred. We're an embassy!
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Only a fool takes pride in pretending that a skill he doesn't possess is worthless. Only a fool takes pride in pretending that a skill he doesn't possess is worthless.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: They're frightened that we'll make a sally and kill them all," Ragnar said, "so they're going to sit there and try to starve us out. They're frightened that we'll make a sally and kill them all," Ragnar said, "so they're going to sit there and try to starve us out.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Everyone looks old to the young," Ravn said. Everyone looks old to the young," Ravn said.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: When a man cannot fight he would curse. The gods like to feel needed. When a man cannot fight he would curse. The gods like to feel needed.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: When you are up to your arse in shit there is only one thing to do. Attack. When you are up to your arse in shit there is only one thing to do. Attack.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: The gods are capricious, and I was about to amuse them. And Alfred was right. I was a fool. The gods are capricious, and I was about to amuse them. And Alfred was right. I was a fool.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Never do what an enemy expects, Dudda. We'll go in at dawn. On the flood. Never do what an enemy expects, Dudda. We'll go in at dawn. On the flood.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: He doesn't want to face Englishmen,' the Lord of Douglas said, and he knew he was right. Ever since the Scottish knights He doesn't want to face Englishmen,' the Lord of Douglas said, and he knew he was right. Ever since the Scottish knights
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Lawford shrugged. "She jilted you.""Easy come, easy go," Sharpe said, then belted the tunic. Lawford shrugged. "She jilted you."
"Easy come, easy go," Sharpe said, then belted the tunic.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: He needed to know it, see it, smell it, and survive it. I was training the boy not just to be a warrior, but to be a king. He needed to know it, see it, smell it, and survive it. I was training the boy not just to be a warrior, but to be a king.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: I was just twenty-one and my name was known wherever men sharpened swords. I was a warrior. A sword warrior, and I was proud of it. I was just twenty-one and my name was known wherever men sharpened swords. I was a warrior. A sword warrior, and I was proud of it.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: It was funny, Richard Sharpe thought, that there were no vultures in England. It was funny, Richard Sharpe thought, that there were no vultures in England.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Mothers were sacred. Mothers were not expected to be pretty. Mothers were sacred. Mothers were not expected to be pretty.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: My name is Uhtred. I am the son of Uhtred, who was the son of Uhtred and his father was also called Uhtred. My name is Uhtred. I am the son of Uhtred, who was the son of Uhtred and his father was also called Uhtred.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: our oaths.' He advanced down the path our oaths.' He advanced down the path
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Doubtless there were insanely frenzied warriors, but there is no evidence that lunatic nudists made regular appearances on the battlefield. Doubtless there were insanely frenzied warriors, but there is no evidence that lunatic nudists made regular appearances on the battlefield.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: It was fate, I thought. Just fate. We think we control our own lives, but the gods play with us like children playing with straw dolls. It was fate, I thought. Just fate. We think we control our own lives, but the gods play with us like children playing with straw dolls.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: That dawn is seared on my memory, burnt there by the flames of a hall-burning. There was nothing we could do except watch. That dawn is seared on my memory, burnt there by the flames of a hall-burning. There was nothing we could do except watch.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: And, in her fury, she slapped the king with a skinned eel. And, in her fury, she slapped the king with a skinned eel.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Some Gods are wicked, Derfel. And besides, they have no duty to us, only we to them. Maybe it amused them? Some Gods are wicked, Derfel. And besides, they have no duty to us, only we to them. Maybe it amused them?
Bernard Cornwell quotes: So a good man can be a bad Christian?""I suppose so.""Then a bad man," I said, "can be a good Christian? So a good man can be a bad Christian?"
"I suppose so."
"Then a bad man," I said, "can be a good Christian?
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Don't tell me the moon is shining, show me the glint of light on broken glass. Don't tell me the moon is shining, show me the glint of light on broken glass.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: He was watching my eyes. A man who uses a sword with lethal skill always matches his opponent's eyes. He was watching my eyes. A man who uses a sword with lethal skill always matches his opponent's eyes.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: He was a startlingly handsome young man, and that, too, distracted him for girls were attracted to him like priests to gold. He was a startlingly handsome young man, and that, too, distracted him for girls were attracted to him like priests to gold.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: That is why battles of the shield wall are slow to start. Men have to nerve themselves for the horror. That is why battles of the shield wall are slow to start. Men have to nerve themselves for the horror.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Anything that comes from the north is bad news. Anything that comes from the north is bad news.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: It is hard to force obedience," he said, "without encouraging resentment. It is hard to force obedience," he said, "without encouraging resentment.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Agents will read unpublished work because they might make money, and that's their job. It isn't mine. Agents will read unpublished work because they might make money, and that's their job. It isn't mine.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: I'll happily mentor anyone who wants mentoring, and most of that goes on by internet rather than face to face. I'll happily mentor anyone who wants mentoring, and most of that goes on by internet rather than face to face.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: This isn't just a war over land, it's a war about God. And Alfred ... is Christ's servant ... This isn't just a war over land, it's a war about God. And Alfred ... is Christ's servant ...
Bernard Cornwell quotes: A leader leads," Ragnar said, "and you can't ask men to risk death if you're not willing to risk it yourself. A leader leads," Ragnar said, "and you can't ask men to risk death if you're not willing to risk it yourself.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: You know why farts smell?" "I don't." "So the deaf can enjoy them too. You know why farts smell?" "I don't." "So the deaf can enjoy them too.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Haesten.If this world ever contained one worthless, treacherous slime-coated piece of human dung then it was Haesten. Haesten.
If this world ever contained one worthless, treacherous slime-coated piece of human dung then it was Haesten.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: And I must be nineteen by now, lord! Maybe even twenty?" "Eighteen?" I suggested. "I could have been married four years ago, lord!" We And I must be nineteen by now, lord! Maybe even twenty?" "Eighteen?" I suggested. "I could have been married four years ago, lord!" We
Bernard Cornwell quotes: We fight them where we choose or where we must, not always when we want. We fight them where we choose or where we must, not always when we want.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: I'm not his man, Father. I'm Uhtred of Bebbanburg, and the lords of Bebbanburg don't marry pious maggotfaced bitches of low birth. I'm not his man, Father. I'm Uhtred of Bebbanburg, and the lords of Bebbanburg don't marry pious maggotfaced bitches of low birth.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: I don't care if he's got a tail and tits, just take me to him." The I don't care if he's got a tail and tits, just take me to him." The
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Serpent-Breath was famous ... Wasp-Sting, short and lethal. Serpent-Breath was famous ... Wasp-Sting, short and lethal.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Ensign Fitzgerald had somehow managed to get himself a jewelled sabre that he was now flashing around like a shilling whore given a guinea fan. Ensign Fitzgerald had somehow managed to get himself a jewelled sabre that he was now flashing around like a shilling whore given a guinea fan.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Start your killers young, before their consciences are grown. Start them young and they will be lethal. Start your killers young, before their consciences are grown. Start them young and they will be lethal.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: So we all die?'"No, no, no! We fight them!''How do you fight a dragon?''With prayer, boy, with prayer.''So we do all die So we all die?'
"No, no, no! We fight them!'
'How do you fight a dragon?'
'With prayer, boy, with prayer.'
'So we do all die
Bernard Cornwell quotes: No man wanted to face warriors like Finan in battle. No man wanted to face warriors like Finan in battle.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: 10 East 53rd Street 10 East 53rd Street
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Children born to unwed mothers,' he said after a long silence, 'have parts of their souls missing. Children born to unwed mothers,' he said after a long silence, 'have parts of their souls missing.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Always fight the horse, not the rider. Always fight the horse, not the rider.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Fate is inexorable. Fate is inexorable.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: The sight of that loveliness was enough to drive all sense from a man's head. The sight of that loveliness was enough to drive all sense from a man's head.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Madness ends sometimes. The Gods decree it, not man. Madness ends sometimes. The Gods decree it, not man.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: I was without a lord. I was outcast. I was free. I was going Viking. There I was without a lord. I was outcast. I was free. I was going Viking. There
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Arrows of insight have to be winged by the feathers of speculation. Arrows of insight have to be winged by the feathers of speculation.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: His charms worked, for though the bullets flicked close none hit him. He was the tiger of Mysore, he could not die, only kill. His charms worked, for though the bullets flicked close none hit him. He was the tiger of Mysore, he could not die, only kill.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Idle men make mischief, especially idle men supplied with ale, whores, and weapons. Idle men make mischief, especially idle men supplied with ale, whores, and weapons.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: The hall's door was framed by a pair of vast curved bones that had come from some sea monster. The hall's door was framed by a pair of vast curved bones that had come from some sea monster.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Don't give me your Christian shit about forgiveness. Don't give me your Christian shit about forgiveness.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: The rules were simple: trust no one, be ever watchful and if trouble came hit first and hit hard. It had worked for him so far. The rules were simple: trust no one, be ever watchful and if trouble came hit first and hit hard. It had worked for him so far.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: I wondered why the gods no longer came to earth. It would make belief so much easier. I wondered why the gods no longer came to earth. It would make belief so much easier.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Wyrd bith ful araed (Fate is inexorable). Wyrd bith ful araed (Fate is inexorable).
Bernard Cornwell quotes: An army, I learned in time, needs a head. It needs one man to lead it, but give an army two leaders and you halve its strength. An army, I learned in time, needs a head. It needs one man to lead it, but give an army two leaders and you halve its strength.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Only the gods tell him what to do, and you should beware of men who take their orders from the gods. Only the gods tell him what to do, and you should beware of men who take their orders from the gods.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: We pulled slow and steady through the darkness and we hammered the ears of the gods with prayers. We pulled slow and steady through the darkness and we hammered the ears of the gods with prayers.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Laughter in battle. That was what Ragnar had taught me, to take joy from the fight. Laughter in battle. That was what Ragnar had taught me, to take joy from the fight.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: May the gods always send me stupid enemies. May the gods always send me stupid enemies.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: a mystery to make men mad. a mystery to make men mad.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Bugger Shekhar. How about a bibbi instead?""Maybe I'll read.""Your choice," Sharpe said carelessly. Bugger Shekhar. How about a bibbi instead?"
"Maybe I'll read."
"Your choice," Sharpe said carelessly.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: How can a god disapprove of a good hump? How can a god disapprove of a good hump?
Bernard Cornwell quotes: The crews of the Viking ships are Danish, Norse, Frisian, and Saxon. The crews of the Viking ships are Danish, Norse, Frisian, and Saxon.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Of the insolence of the Scots, my father used to say, there is no end. Of the insolence of the Scots, my father used to say, there is no end.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: They gave death with impunity as they followed a war-maddened Scotsman down an enemy wall that was sticky with blood. They gave death with impunity as they followed a war-maddened Scotsman down an enemy wall that was sticky with blood.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: She was as faithful as a morning mist, as hard as a sword-bayonet, and that, he thought, made her a suitable reward for a soldier. She was as faithful as a morning mist, as hard as a sword-bayonet, and that, he thought, made her a suitable reward for a soldier.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: The sword was called Caledfwlch, which means 'hard lightning' though Igraine prefers to call it Excalibur The sword was called Caledfwlch, which means 'hard lightning' though Igraine prefers to call it Excalibur
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Words are like breath," she said, "you say them and they're gone. But writing traps them. Words are like breath," she said, "you say them and they're gone. But writing traps them.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: I was angry. I wanted blood in the dawn. I was angry. I wanted blood in the dawn.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Instinct is everything. Instinct is everything.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Writing is a solitary occupation. Writing is a solitary occupation.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: ground, then drank some and fancied it ground, then drank some and fancied it
Bernard Cornwell quotes: I spoke in English because the language of the Frisian people is so close to our own. I spoke in English because the language of the Frisian people is so close to our own.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: You know what circumcision is, Private? You know what circumcision is, Private?
Bernard Cornwell quotes: Prisoners!" Finan shouted, and I suspected he was shouting at me because I had so blatantly ignored my own insistence that we take men captive. Prisoners!" Finan shouted, and I suspected he was shouting at me because I had so blatantly ignored my own insistence that we take men captive.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: So long as we remember names, so long those people live. So long as we remember names, so long those people live.
Bernard Cornwell quotes: He has a mouth, lord," Gerbruht said."I envy him," I said."Envy him, lord?""Most of us have to lower our trews to shit. He has a mouth, lord," Gerbruht said.
"I envy him," I said.
"Envy him, lord?"
"Most of us have to lower our trews to shit.

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