Enemies come soon enough in a mans life,' he told me, 'you don't need to seek them out
Dizem que este Deus (deus cristão) é do perdão. Melhor ofender um desses do que qualquer outro.
Derfel: – Capisco che puoi guardare negliocchi una persona e renderti conto a un tratto che la vita ti sarà impossibilesenza di lei. Che la sua voce può far saltare un battito al tuo cuore, che la sua
Children born to unwed mothers,’ he said after a long silence, ‘have parts of their souls missing.
But you can get arrows from the
Tuo padre è Aelle - asserì Merlino tranquillo.Lo guardai con stupore. - Come lo sai?- Ce l'hai scritto in faccia, Derfel. Questa notte, quando ti ho visto arrivare dalla porta della palizzata, per ess...
Ti amava - protestai.Lei mi fissò. Pensavo che stesse per esplodere, ma si limitò a sorridere e a scuotere la testa. - Mi venerava, Derfel - disse in tono stanco - e non è la stessa cosa che essere am...
A Mai Dun - riprese Merlino - ci sono andato molto vicino. Davvero molto vicino. Ma sono stato troppo debole, Derfel. Voglio troppo bene ad Artù. Perché? Non è spiritoso, nella conversazione può esser...
Why prefer a god who wants you to torture yourself instead of worshipping Eostre who wants you to take a girl into the woods and make babies?
Was foully aware of the symptoms of terror. He could feel his heart thumping, sweat was chill on his skin, and a muscle in his left thigh was twitching. His throat was parched, his belly felt hollow,...
The Christian god has nothing better to do than to make rules for us. He makes rules, more rules, prohibitions and commandments, and he needs hundreds of black-robed priests and monks to make sure we...
Our oaths.’ He advanced down the path
Of every night you must be open to the Gods, and if
Much followed from that hurried ceremony in the flower-speckled clearing beside the stream. So many died. There was so much heartache, so much blood and so many tears that they would have made a great...
If a man believes the nonsense that there is only one god then there’s no point in arguing because it would be like discussing a rainbow with a blind man.
You know your trouble? You think too much. I’ve never known a happy man who thought too much. Thinking just complicates affairs. Life’s like jumping a bad fence on a good horse, the more responsibilit...
You know why farts smell? I don’t. So the deaf can enjoy them too.
The war was between the Danes and Wessex. My war was with Odda the Younger, and I knew I was driven by pride. The preachers tell us that pride is a great sin, but the preachers are wrong. Pride makes...
The sword was called Caledfwlch, which means ‘hard lightning’ though Igraine prefers to call it Excalibur
The sight of that loveliness was enough to drive all sense from a man's head.