“ God offers his protection to sinners, Ceolnoth said unctuously. Especially to sinners, Ceolberht said. I’ll remember that, I said, when I’ve finished sinning. Bernard Cornwell
“ Ginevra chiuse gli occhi; per alcuni instanti non capii se ridesse o piangesse. Poi vidi che quella che le agitava il petto era una risata. - Sei davvero uno sciocco - affermò. - Cerchi di aiutarmi! C… Bernard Cornwell
“ Empurrei a bolsa para ele e me tornei instantaneamente pobre.Ragnar a empurrou de volta sem sequer pensar, tornando-me rico de novo Bernard Cornwell
“ Did you become a Christian in your nunnery?' I asked her.'Of course not.' she said scornfully.'They didn't mind?''I gave them silver.''Then they didn't mind.' I said.'I don't think any Dane is a real… Bernard Cornwell
“ Because there could not be peace, not while two tribes shared one land. One tribe must win. Even the nailed god cannot change that truth. And I was a warrior, and in a world at war the warrior must be… Bernard Cornwell
“ At sea, sometimes, if you take a ship too far from land and the wind rises and the tide sucks with a venomous force and the waves splinter white above the shield-pegs, you have no choice but to go whe… Bernard Cornwell
“ And you can use that sword, Weland Godfredson?As a woman can use her tongue, lord.You’re that good, eh? Ragnar asked, as ever unable to resist a jest. Bernard Cornwell
“ An army, I learned in time, needs a head. It needs one man to lead it, but give an army two leaders and you halve its strength. Bernard Cornwell
“ Am I to deny Mark justice because he is old and gross and ugly? Do youth and beauty deserve perverted justice? What have I fought for all these years, if not to make certain that justice is even-hande… Bernard Cornwell
“ Acho que o Santo Graal é um sonho que os homens têm, um sonho de que é possível tornar o mundo perfeito. Se ele existisse, todos nós teríamos sabido que o sonho não pode se transformar em realidade. Bernard Cornwell
“ You’ve got dirt on your forehead, I said, so has he, I pointed to the other priest. Because it’s Good Friday, lord. The day our Lord died. Is that why they call it good? Bernard Cornwell
“ You're a bastard, I said.Uhtred, he began, but could find nothing more to say.You're a piece of weasel-shit, I said, you're an earsling.I'm a king, he said, trying to regain his dignity.So you're a ro… Bernard Cornwell
“ You do know what happens at Easter! Ceolnoth demanded sternly.Of course I know, I said, we make babies.That is the most ridiculous... Ceolberht began to protest, then went silent when his brother glar… Bernard Cornwell
“ Win your war, Lord Uhtred, he said, then take her away from us priests and give her lots of children. She'll be happy, and one day she'll be truly wise. That's the women's real gift, to be wise, and n… Bernard Cornwell
“ When God made the world he made the big plain just for the cavalry. It was firm, or would be when the sun had dried off the night’s rain, and it was mostly level. The sabres could fall like scythes in… Bernard Cornwell
“ What had the Reverend Venables said? That promises in the playhouse were like kisses on May Day. I had just been kissed. Bernard Cornwell
“ We believe there are many gods, so we accept another man’s religion as his own affair, while Christians, who perversely insist that there is only one god, think it their duty to kill, maim, enslave, o… Bernard Cornwell
