“ The rules were simple: trust no one, be ever watchful and if trouble came hit first and hit hard. It had worked for him so far. Bernard Cornwell
“ That was why he was thinking about vultures. He was thinking that he wanted to run, but that he did not want to feed the vultures. Do not get caught. Rule number one in the army, and the only rule tha… Bernard Cornwell
“ Priests come to my home beside the northern sea where they find an old man, and they tell me I am just a few paces from the fires of hell. I only need repent, they say, and I will go to heaven and liv… Bernard Cornwell
“ No, fate is difficult. Is all ordained? Foreknowledge is not fate, and we may choose our paths, yet fate says we may not choose them. So if fate is real, do we have choice? Bernard Cornwell
“ Mais tarde, muito mais tarde, aprendi que a alegria e o medo são exatamente a mesma coisa, uma apenas se transformava na outra pela ação, mas Bernard Cornwell
“ Kill them! I shouted and put my spurs back.Kill them. This is what the poets sing about. At night, in the hall, when the hearth smoke thickens about the beams and the ale-horns are filled and the harp… Bernard Cornwell
“ It was, predictably, a morning ceremony, for nothing good comes of endeavours undertaken when the sun is in decline, Bernard Cornwell
“ I wanted to hit him hard now.I wanted to hit him in the dark of the night’s ending, hit him in the thunder of Thor’s providential storm, hit him under the lash of Thor’s lightning, strike him in the w… Bernard Cornwell
“ I forgot to mention, Father Christopher said, smiling seraphically at Sir Martin, that I am also a priest. So let me offer you a blessing. He pulled out a golden crucifix that had been hidden beneath… Bernard Cornwell
“ How much of our earth has been wet by blood because of jealousy! 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 rin… Bernard Cornwell
“ His charms worked, for though the bullets flicked close none hit him. He was the tiger of Mysore, he could not die, only kill. Bernard Cornwell
“ Have you ever fought in a battle? I know you burned down my barns, but that isn’t a battle, you stinking piece of rat-gristle. A battle is the shield wall. It’s smelling your enemy’s breath while he t… Bernard Cornwell
“ Destiny is all, Ravn liked to tell me, destiny is everything. He would even say it in English, Wyrd biõ ful ãræd. Bernard Cornwell
“ But when you have order, you don't need Gods. When everything is well ordered and disciplined then nothing is unexpected. If you understand everything,' I said carefully, 'then there's no room left fo… Bernard Cornwell
“ Bugger Shekhar. How about a instead?Maybe I’ll read.Your choice, Sharpe said carelessly. Bernard Cornwell
“ Bem, graças a Deus eu não sei o que é perder uma batalha, mas certamente nada pode ser mais doloroso do que ganhar uma com a perda de tantos amigos. Bernard Cornwell
“ Because when he returns, Richard, he would be the biggest man in town. He wants revenge on his childhood. He wants the respect of the town. Saint Paul tells us that when we were children we spoke as c… Bernard Cornwell
“ Artù andò alla porta della fucina, la spalancò e fissò il cortile. Niente vi si muoveva, a parte i soliti cani. Si voltò.- Sei un uomo onesto, figlio - ammise a malincuore. - Un uomo onesto. Sono orgo… Bernard Cornwell
