“ But men inspired by prophecy will attempt any foolishness in the knowledge that the fates have ordained their victory. Bernard Cornwell
“ And Ravn recited a long poem about some ancient hero who killed a monster and then the monster’s mother who was even more fearsome than her son, but I was too drunk to remember much of it. And Bernard Cornwell
“ Your mother didn't give birth to you, I told hint, but farted you out of her shrivelled arsehole.Frightened or not, Asser said, you've taken Peredur's silver, so you must fight them now.Say one more w… Bernard Cornwell
“ Yet to complain of the world’s unfairness was the same as grumbling that the sun was hot or that the wind sometimes changed its direction. Bernard Cornwell
“ 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. Bernard Cornwell
“ 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… Bernard Cornwell
“ What do we look for in a lord? Strength, generosity, hardness, and success, and why should a man not be proud of those things? Show me a humble warrior and I will see a corpse. Bernard Cornwell
“ 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… Bernard Cornwell
“ Well damn him. I was not dead yet, and so long as I lived I would fight for Æthelflaed. Bernard Cornwell
“ 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… Bernard Cornwell
“ 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… Bernard Cornwell
“ 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… Bernard Cornwell
“ Thousands! Appah Rao’s tone mocked the claim. You may have thousands, Colonel, but the Tippoo has tigers. Bernard Cornwell
“ 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,… Bernard Cornwell
“ This was a clever man, as clever as Alfred, and he knew that weakness invited war. Bernard Cornwell
“ They’re the sort of dozy bastards who don’t think beyond their next pot of ale, but Thomas does, Thomas is a two-pot thinker, he is. Bernard Cornwell
“ 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… Bernard Cornwell
