“ Many men do not beat their wives, even though the law allows it and the church encourages it, but a man gains no reputation by beating a weaker person. Æthelred had beaten Æthelflaed, but he was a wea… Bernard Cornwell
“ Love is a dangerous thing. It comes in disguise to change our life... Lust is the deceiver. Lust wrenches our lives until nothing matters except the one we think we love, and under that deceptive spel… Bernard Cornwell
“ Liberty! Man has no liberty except the liberty to obey rules, but who makes the rules? With luck, Kate, it will be reasonable men making reasonable rules. Bernard Cornwell
“ It’ll be an honour to serve you, sir, he added.In a French battalion? Gudin teased him.If you don’t flog, sir, and you don’t carve up pricks, then it’ll be more than an honour. Bernard Cornwell
“ If the leader is a good man he will be liked and if he’s not, he won’t, and if he is a good man and a bad leader then he is better off dead. Bernard Cornwell
“ I will never understand Christians. I have seen men and women whip themselves till their backs were nothing but strips of flesh hanging from exposed ribs, watched pilgrims limp on bleeding broken feet… Bernard Cornwell
“ I wanted to see a pattern in the strands of life. In the end I found one, and it had nothing to do with any god, but with people. With the people we love. Bernard Cornwell
“ I stood on the dead horse and spread my arms. I held the shield high to my left and the sword to my right, and my mail coat was spattered with blood and the snow fell about my wolf-crested helmet and… Bernard Cornwell
“ I ran with him and suddenly I was released from fear as the mad, God-given joy of battle came to me for the very first time. Later, much later, I learned that the joy and the fear are the exact same t… Bernard Cornwell
“ I liked those tales. They were better than my stepmother’s stories of Cuthbert’s miracles. Christians, it seemed to me, were forever weeping and I did not think Woden’s worshippers cried much. Bernard Cornwell
“ I know I have gained Christ and through His blessing I have gained the whole world too, but for what I have lost, for what we have all lost, there is no end to the reckoning. We lost everything. Bernard Cornwell
“ I gazed at the far woods and knew our enemies were also sharpening their blades. They had to be confident. They knew the dawn would bring them a battle, victory, plunder, and reputation. Bernard Cornwell
“ I do understand that you can look into someone’s eyes,’ I heard myself saying, ‘and suddenly know that life will be impossible without them. Know that their voice can make your heart miss a beat and t… Bernard Cornwell
“ I believe the Gods hate to be bored, so I do my best to amuse them. That way they smile on me. Your God,’ Merlin said sourly, ‘despises amusement, demanding grovelling worship instead. He must be a ve… Bernard Cornwell
“ He says he’s going to die. He’s got a what do you call it? A premonition. He says it’s because he’s going to be married.’ ‘What’s that got to do with it?’ Price shrugged as if to demonstrate that he w… Bernard Cornwell
“ 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 Bernard Cornwell
“ Christians like to dream of the perfect world, a place where there is no fighting, where sword-blades are hammered into plowshares, and where the lion, whatever that is, sleeps with the lamb. It is a… Bernard Cornwell
“ Children born to unwed mothers,’ he said after a long silence, ‘have parts of their souls missing. Bernard Cornwell
“ An enemy sees his attackers laughing? It is better than all the insults. A man who laughs as he goes into battle is a man who has confidence, and a man with confidence is terrifying to an enemy. For t… Bernard Cornwell
