“ He wanted to improve the world, while I did not believe and never have believed that we can improve the world, just merely survive as it slides into chaos. Bernard Cornwell
“ He thinks with his heart, Uhtred,’ Alfred said, ‘not his head. You can change a man’s heart, but not his head. Bernard Cornwell
“ Have you heard a cuckoo yet? I asked Steapa. Not yet. It’s time to go, I said, unless you want to kill me? Maybe later, Steapa said, but for the moment I’ll fight beside you. And Bernard Cornwell
“ Guinevere grimaced. ‘Do you know how cloying love can be, Derfel? I don’t want to be worshipped. I don’t want every whim granted. I want to feel there’s something biting back. Bernard Cornwell
“ Everything ends. Summer ends. Happiness ends. Days of joy are followed by days of sorrow. Even the gods will meet their end in the last battle of Ragnarok when all the evil of the world brings chaos a… Bernard Cornwell
“ Ensign Fitzgerald had somehow managed to get himself a jewelled sabre that he was now flashing around like a shilling whore given a guinea fan. Bernard Cornwell
“ E enquanto houver um reino nesta ilha varrida pelo vento, haverá guerra. Portanto não podemos nos encolher para longe da guerra. Não podemos nos esconder de sua crueldade, de seu sangue, do fedor, da… Bernard Cornwell
“ Does that girl work here?' Robbie asked, gesturing at the screen behind which Mary had disappeared. 'All her life,' Sir Giles said. 'You remember Mary, Thomas?' 'I tried to drown her when we were both… Bernard Cornwell
“ Do you really think men and women thanked you for bringing them peace? They just became bored with your peace and so brewed their own trouble to fill the boredom. Men don’t want peace, Arthur, they wa… Bernard Cornwell
“ Dealing with the Scots, my father had always said, was like trying to geld wildcats with your teeth, but luckily the wildcats spent much of their time fighting each other. Once Bernard Cornwell
“ Corsi verso di loro. La bimba era fra le braccia della madre, e io lascia cadere la spada, mi sfilai l'elmo e mi inginocchiai lì accanto. - Dian - sussurrai. - Amore mio.Vidi l'anima tremolare ancora… Bernard Cornwell
“ But Ubba? Only the gods tell him what to do, and you should beware of men who take their orders from the gods. Bernard Cornwell
“ Because I’m tired of Wessex,’ I said, ‘tired of priests, tired of being told what your god’s will is, tired of being told that I’m a sinner, tired of your endless damned nonsense, tired of that nailed… Bernard Cornwell
“ BERNARD CORNWELL is the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Agincourt; the bestselling Saxon Tales, which include The Last Kingdom, The Pale Horseman, Lords of the North, and Sword Song;… Bernard Cornwell
“ And that, too, was the truth, that a man cannot step back from a fight and stay a man. We make much in this life if we are able. We make children and wealth and amass land and build halls and assemble… Bernard Cornwell
“ And suddenly, after weeks of thinking about desertion, Sharpe realized that what he had just said was true. He did want to go back to the army, and that knowledge surprised him. The army had bored Ric… Bernard Cornwell
“ And at the end of life, what does it all matter? We grow old and the young look at us and can never see that once we made a kingdom ring for love. Bernard Cornwell
“ All that was needed to get ahead in the world was a bit of sense and the ability to kick a bastard faster than the bastard could kick you, and Richard Sharpe reckoned he had those talents right enough… Bernard Cornwell
“ A battle in the shield wall. It's smelling your enemy's breath while he tries to disembowel you with an axe, it's blood and shit and screams and pain and terror. It's trampling in your friends' guts a… Bernard Cornwell
“ Senhor Uhtred! - O padre Willibald veio correndo na minha direção. - O que está acontecendo? O que está acontecendo?- Decidi começar uma guerra, padre - respondi cheio de animação. - É muito mais inte… Bernard Cornwell
