“ Their wings will shadow the sun, their breath will scorch the earth, and their fire will consume the righteous!So we all die ?No, no, no! We fight them!How do you fight a dragon ? I asked him. Bernard Cornwell
“ The people follow him.Because they have no choice. They follow, but do they love him?Some do, Appah Rao answered. But what does it matter? Why should a ruler want his people’s love? Their obedience, y… Bernard Cornwell
“ The gods are capricious, and I was about to amuse them. And Alfred was right. I was a fool. Bernard Cornwell
“ The god had to be nailed to a cross if he was to become their saviour, and then the Christians blame the man who made that death possible. I thought they should worship him as a saint, but instead the… Bernard Cornwell
“ The Immortals were about to engage the Impregnable. The unbeaten would fight the unbeatable. Bernard Cornwell
“ The General knew he would probably die, for infantry took pleasure in killing cavalry and he would be the leading horseman in the attack on the bridge, but the General was a soldier and he had long le… Bernard Cornwell
“ Start your killers young, before their consciences are grown. Start them young and they will be lethal. Bernard Cornwell
“ Some Gods are wicked, Derfel. And besides, they have no duty to us, only we to them. Maybe it amused them? Bernard Cornwell
“ Sharpe had no thought of deserting now, for now he was about to fight. If there was any one good reason to join the army, it was to fight. Not to hurry up and do nothing, but to fight the King’s enemi… Bernard Cornwell
“ Seven kings will die, she had said, seven kings and the women you love. And Alfred's son will not rule and Wessex will die and the Saxon will kill what he loves and the Danes will gain everything, and… Bernard Cornwell
“ Pyrlig laughed. Being alive is bad in a Christian! We say people are saints if they’re good, but how few of us become saints? We’re all bad! Some of us just try to be good. Bernard Cornwell
“ Os guerreiros defendem o lar, defendem as crianças, defendem as mulheres, defendem a colheita e matam os inimigos que vêm roubar essas coisas. Sem guerreiros a terra seria um lugar devastado, desolado… Bernard Cornwell
“ Os bardos cantam sobre o amor e sobre como as mulheres desejam o amor, mas ninguém sabe o que ele é até que, como uma lança atirada do escuro, ele acerta. Bernard Cornwell
“ My sword, I told him, says I tell the truth, and that you are a stinking bag of wind, a liar from hell, a cheat and a perjurer who deserves death.Up to our arses again, Leofric said. Bernard Cornwell
“ It was an unsettling thought, that somehow we were sliding back into the smoky dark and that never again would man make something so perfect as this small building. Bernard Cornwell
“ In breve, eravamo soddisfatti, e il destino è sempre stato nemico della soddisfazione. Il destino inoltre, come mi aveva sempre detto Merlino, è inesorabile. Bernard Cornwell
