“ They gave death with impunity as they followed a war-maddened Scotsman down an enemy wall that was sticky with blood. Bernard Cornwell
“ There is such joy in chaos. Stow all the world's evils behind a door and tell men that they must never, ever, open the door, and it will be opened because there is pure joy in destruction. Bernard Cornwell
“ There is such joy in a good ship, and a greater joy to have the ship's belly fat with other men's silver. It is the Viking joy, driving a dragon-headed hull through a wind-driven sea towards a future… Bernard Cornwell
“ The world began in chaos and it will end in chaos. The gods brought the world into existence, and they will end it when they fight among themselves, but in between the chaos of the world's birth and t… Bernard Cornwell
“ The hellequin, she said icily, are the dead who have no souls. The dead who were so wicked in life that the devil loves them too much to punish them in hell and so he gives them his horses and release… Bernard Cornwell
“ The first stone, thrown by Hellgiver, crashed through the roof of a dyer's house close to St Brieuc's church and took off the heads of an English man-at-arms and the dyer's wife. A joke went through t… Bernard Cornwell
“ That’s bloody obvious. A schoolboy with a palsied brain could have worked that one out. Bernard Cornwell
“ Tell me how Gisela can be married to a man she's never met?'Aidan glanced across at Guthred as if expecting help from the king, but Guthred was still motionless, so Aidan had to confront me alone. 'I… Bernard Cornwell
“ Tell Ragnall, I told him, that the Saxons of Mercia are coming. Tell him that his dead will number in the thousands. Tell him that his own death is just days away. Tell him that promise comes from Uht… Bernard Cornwell
“ Soldiers were not paragons; they were scarred, vicious men who took delight in destruction. Bernard Cornwell
“ So now I shall write the tale’s ending with my sword beside me and I shall hope that I am given time to finish this tale of Arthur, my Lord, who was betrayed, reviled and, after his departure, missed… Bernard Cornwell
“ So long as there is war there will be warlords. Leaders. What makes a man follow a leader? Success. A warrior wants victory, he wants silver, he wants land, and he looks to his lords for all those thi… Bernard Cornwell
“ So I do my duty, Sharpe said, and land in the shit. You have at last seized the essence of soldiering, Hogan said Bernard Cornwell
“ Passion, Baird reckoned, was what would take men across the river and up the breach. Damn scientific soldiering now. The science of siege warfare had opened the city, but only a screaming and insane p… Bernard Cornwell
“ Only the gods tell him what to do, and you should beware of men who take their orders from the gods. Bernard Cornwell
“ One thing I learned about the Danes was that they knew how to spy. The monks who write the chronicles tell us that they came from nowhere, their dragon-prowed ships suddenly appearing from a blue vaca… Bernard Cornwell
“ O orgulho faz o homem, impulsiona-o, é a parede de escudos ao redor de sua reputação, e os dinamarqueses entendiam isso. Os homens morrem, diziam eles, mas a reputação não. Bernard Cornwell
“ Next time we fight the Danes you'll be with me.You?Because we are warriors, I said, and our job is to kill our enemies, not be nursemaids to weaklings. Bernard Cornwell
“ My words still sounded lame, but the truth so often limps off the tongue in times of crisis. Just when we most need to speak with the tongues of angels, we stumble with uncertain words. Bernard Cornwell
