“ Masques are mere pious recitals, he said scathingly, devised to make the audience feel inspired with unending speeches about chastity, nobility, bravery, and other such nonsense. They're enchanting to… Bernard Cornwell
“ Instinct is a strange thing. You cannot touch it, feel it, smell it, or hear it, but you must trust it, Bernard Cornwell
“ I was born a Saxon, but raised by Danes, my daughter had married a Norseman, my dearest friend was Irish, my woman was a Saxon, the mother of my children had been Danish, my gods were pagan, and my oa… Bernard Cornwell
“ I still feel a pang every time I look at her,’ I admitted. ‘That’s it, isn’t it?’ he said enthusiastically. ‘A pang! A quickness in the heart.’ ‘Love,’ I said drily. ‘We’re lucky, you and I,’ he said,… Bernard Cornwell
“ I should never have confessed my rank, I thought. Better to be a living slave than a dead ealdorman. Bernard Cornwell
“ I paid him, Lawford said indignantly.If you want a job done properly, Sharpe said, you do it yourself. Hell! Bernard Cornwell
“ How many’s that? I asked the shepherd. Jiggit and mumph, lord, he said. Is that enough? It’s enough, lord. Kill the rest then, I said. Jiggit and mumph? Willibald asked, still shivering. Twenty and fi… Bernard Cornwell
“ 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
“ God’s purposes are not always easy to understand, but I have found that his methods are not as indirect as ours. We complicate God because we do not see that goodness is so very simple. Bernard Cornwell
“ Frederick the Great once said that the greatest crime in war is not to make the wrong decision, but to make no decision.’ Again the Prince gestured at Sharpe with the brandy glass. ‘You should remembe… Bernard Cornwell
“ Eppure sono convinto che Artù sarebbe rimasto in Dumnonia, se avesse ricevuto ciò che desiderava, ossia la gratitudine. Era un uomo orgoglioso e sapeva bene ciò che aveva fatto per il nostro regno, ma… Bernard Cornwell
“ British Rail is some kind of joke, right? They just pretend to run a railroad? Is that right? Anyway Bernard Cornwell
“ All those separate people were a part of my life, strings strung on the frame of Uhtred, and though they were separate they affected one another and together they would make the music of my life. Bernard Cornwell
“ Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations. Bernard Cornwell
“ He sang the song of the sword, keening as he fed his blade, and Rollo, standing thigh-deep in the creek, ax swinging in murderous blows, blocked the enemy's escape. The Frisians, transported from con… Bernard Cornwell
