“ The Tippoo should have killed you when he had the chance.We all make mistakes, sir. Bernard Cornwell
“ So she needs a man! Hakeswill said. And a sergeant’s widow doesn’t get rogered by a stinking bit of dirt like you. It ain’t right. Ain’t natural. It’s beneath her station, Sharpie, and it can’t be all… Bernard Cornwell
“ Sharpe is the epitome of a nineteenth-century, romantic working-class hero. Cool, flash and fragrant … Escape and enjoy’ Daily Express Bernard Cornwell
“ Se gli uomini possono comprare la legge, diceva sempre Artù, allora la legge diventa inutile. Bernard Cornwell
“ Pride, I suppose, is the most treacherous of virtues. The Christians call it a sin, but no poet sings of men who have no pride. Christians say the meek will inherit the earth, but the meek inspire no… Bernard Cornwell
“ People like mystery. They want nothing explained, because when things are explained then there is no hope left. Bernard Cornwell
“ My dear Lord,’ I said, but not to him. I spoke to Arthur. And I watched and wept, my arm around Ceinwyn, as the pale boat was swallowed by the shimmering silver mist. And so my Lord was gone. And no o… Bernard Cornwell
“ If we do nothing then Wessex will spread like a plague. There’ll be priests everywhere. We seek the future. We stare into its fog and hope to see a landmark that will make sense of fate. Bernard Cornwell
“ If the Danes are outnumbered, my father told me that night, they won’t fight. They’re like dogs, the Danes. Cowards at heart, but they’re given courage by being in a pack. Bernard Cornwell
“ I like to see a man obeying a woman, Father Pyrlig said as I fetched the loaf.Why's that? I asked.Because it means I'm not alone in this sorry world. Bernard Cornwell
“ I have lived my life, Derfel,’ he said at last, ‘according to oaths. I know no other way. I resent oaths, and so should all men, for oaths bind us, they hobble our freedom, and who among us doesn’t wa… Bernard Cornwell
“ I had thought about Alban for a while. Why, I had then asked, if your god can pull out a man’s eyes, didn’t he just save Alban’s life? Because God chose not to, of course! Beocca had answered sniffily… Bernard Cornwell
“ I had never thought it all through before, but suddenly, on that cold day, I understood that among the Danes I was as important as my friends, and without friends I was just another landless, masterle… Bernard Cornwell
“ I am old now. So old. My sight fades, my muscles are weak, my piss dribbles, my bones ache, and I sit in the sun and fall asleep to wake tired. Bernard Cornwell
“ Hengall the Warrior hated war. The business of life, he liked to say, is to plant grain, not blades. Bernard Cornwell
“ He was a startlingly handsome young man, and that, too, distracted him for girls were attracted to him like priests to gold. Bernard Cornwell
“ He died without cutting his nails, she said accusingly, as if I was responsible for that ill luck, and it was bad fortune indeed because now the grim things of the underworld would use Ivar’s nails to… Bernard Cornwell
“ Giving inspiration to a lawyer, Sharpe thought sourly, was like feeding fine brandy to a rat. Bernard Cornwell
