Your answer to the truth, I sneered, is to threaten a woman with death?
You never, ever, tell others of your crimes, not unless they are so big as to be incapable of concealment, and then you describe them as policy or statecraft.
Wyrd biõ ful ãræd, I said. Fate is fate. It cannot be changed or cheated.
Wyrd bið ful āræd. The
Why do we fight? he asked.Because we were born.
Who do you serve? Lanferelle asked.Sir John Cornerwailled, Hook said proudly.Lanferelle was pleased. Sir John! Ah, there's a man. His mother must have slept with a Frenchman.
When we are young, we yearn for battle. In the firelit halls we listen to the songs of heroes; how they broke the foemen, splintered the shield wall, and soaked their swords in the blood of enemies. A...
When God made the world he made the big plain just for the cavalry. It was firm, or would be when the sun had dried off the night’s rain, and it was mostly level. The sabres could fall like scythes in...
What are our intentions, sir? Our intentions, Milton? Our intentions are victory, fame, glory, peace, forgiveness of our enemies, reconciliation, magnanimity, prosperity, happiness, and the assured pr...
We were the wolf pack, we were the killers of Britain, we had fought from the south coast of Wessex to the northern wilds, from the ocean to the sea, and we had never been beaten, and these men knew i...
We were dressed for war, and war was coming.
We have to stop them here, Sir Augustus, and I don't think you're the man to do it. Have you ever defended against a French attack?'The head shook miserably. 'No.''The drums never stop, Colonel, at le...
We are all lonely and all seek a hand to hold in the darkness. It is not the harp, but the hand that plays it.
War is fought in mystery. The truth can take days to travel, and ahead of truth flies rumor, and it is ever hard to know what is really happening, and the art of it is to pluck the clean bone of fact...
Vi que Cippanhamm estava pegando fogo. A fumaça escurecia o céu de inverno e o horizonte estava cheio de homens, homens montados, homens com espadas, machados, escudos, lanças e estandartes, e mais ca...
Thousands! Appah Rao’s tone mocked the claim. You may have thousands, Colonel, but the Tippoo has tigers.
Thou shalt not kill, they preached, then screamed at us warriors to slaughter the pagans. Thou shalt not steal, they preached, and forged charters to take men’s lands. Thou shalt not commit adultery,...
There is no number so unlucky as thirteen. Once, in Valhalla, there was a feast for twelve gods, but Loki, the trickster god, went uninvited and he played his evil games, persuading Hod the Blind to t...
There is no cause so hopeless, no creed so mad, no idea so ludicrous that it will not attract some believers,
There comes a moment in life when we see ourselves as others see us. I suppose that is part of growing up, and it is not always comfortable. Eanflæd,