“ 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, Bernard Cornwell
“ The survivors of that confusion would surely be bemused by the argument that Waterloo really was not that important, that if Napoleon had won then he would have still faced overwhelming enemies and ul… Bernard Cornwell
“ The poets, when they speak of war, talk of the shield wall, they talk of the spears and arrows flying, of the blade beating on the shield, of the heroes who fall and the spoils of the victors, but I w… Bernard Cornwell
“ The hall’s door was framed by a pair of vast curved bones that had come from some sea monster. Bernard Cornwell
“ The Tippoo’s life seemed charmed. He stepped in blood, but none of it was his and it seemed as though he could not die, but only kill, and so he did, cold-bloodedly, deliberately, exultantly defending… Bernard Cornwell
“ That dawn is seared on my memory, burnt there by the flames of a hall-burning. There was nothing we could do except watch. Bernard Cornwell
“ Sometimes, when I tell folk my story, they ask why I did not run away from the pagans, why I did not escape southward into the lands where the Danes did not yet rule, but it never occurred to me to tr… Bernard Cornwell
“ Some had hurled spears first. Those spears thumped into our shields, making them unwieldy, but it hardly mattered. The leading Danes tripped on the hidden timbers and the men behind pushed the falling… Bernard Cornwell
“ So I woke, I listened, and I heard the small sounds of a wood at night, the things moving, the claws in the dead leaves, the wind’s soft sighs. Bernard Cornwell
“ Shit! Evelgold added.What? Hook asked, alarmed.I just stepped in some.That’s supposed to bring you luck, Hook said.Then I’d better dance in the goddam stuff. Bernard Cornwell
“ Ranks of men on foot, men with shields, men with weapons, a shield wall that was meant to awe us, and it did.A shield wall is a terrible thing. It is a wall of wood, iron, and steel with one purpose a… Bernard Cornwell
“ Ragnall Ivarson. I had never met him, but I knew him. I knew his reputation. No man sailed a ship better, no man fought more fiercely, no man was held in more fear. He was a savage, a pirate, a wild k… Bernard Cornwell
“ Prisoners! Finan shouted, and I suspected he was shouting at me because I had so blatantly ignored my own insistence that we take men captive. Bernard Cornwell
“ Once you write something down it becomes fixed. It becomes dogma. People can argue about it, they become authoritative, they refer to the texts, they produce new manuscripts, they argue more and soon… Bernard Cornwell
“ Não seja estúpido, Derfel – reagiu Merlin impaciente. – Os druidas não têm permissão de escrever nada, é contra as regras. Você sabe disso! Assim que você escreve alguma coisa ela se torna fixa. Vira… Bernard Cornwell
“ Non volevo parlare con Artù e non volevo vederlo. Salii sul promontorio e pregai gli dei, implorandoli di tornare in Britannia. Mentre pregavo, gli uomini del Kernow condussero la regina Isotta fino a… Bernard Cornwell
“ Lust is the deceiver. Lust wrenches our lives until nothing matters except the one we think we love, and under that deceptive spell we kill for them, give all for them, and then, when we have what we… Bernard Cornwell
“ Lawford shrugged. She jilted you.Easy come, easy go, Sharpe said, then belted the tunic. Bernard Cornwell
“ Laughter in battle. That was what Ragnar had taught me, to take joy from the fight. Bernard Cornwell
