“ There’s plenty of food here, Erik said dismissively. We have fish traps and eel traps, we net wildfowl and eat well. And the prospect of silver and gold buys a lot of wheat, barley, oats, meat, fish,… Bernard Cornwell
“ Some mothers soften their sons, but Osbert was motherless and I had raised him hard because a man must be hard. The world is filled with enemies. Bernard Cornwell
“ So you know it was a glorious battle, Hook, in which God favoured the English, but God's favour is a fickle thing.''Are you telling me He's not on our side?''I'm telling you that God is on the side of… Bernard Cornwell
“ Night was falling across the trampled rye. Nine thousand men had been killed or wounded in the fight for the crossroads, Bernard Cornwell
“ My son smiled. You taught me well, Father.What did I teach you?That a spear-point in a prisoner’s liver is a very persuasive thing. Bernard Cornwell
“ King Edmund of East Anglia is now remembered as a saint, as one of those blessed souls who live forever in the shadow of God. Or so the priests tell me. In heaven, they say, the saints occupy a privil… Bernard Cornwell
“ It would cause nothing but madness, Thomas thought. Men would fight for it, lie for it, cheat for it, betray for it and die for it. The Church would make money from it. It would cause nothing but evil… Bernard Cornwell
“ I charge more for prophecy, Offa said, on the grounds that what is worthless must be made expensive. Bernard Cornwell
“ He’s a boy who must learn to be a warrior and a king,’ I said, ‘and death is his destiny. He must learn to give it.’ I patted Æthelstan’s shoulder. ‘Make it quick, boy,’ I told him. ‘He deserves a slo… Bernard Cornwell
“ Esse é o verdadeiro dom das mulheres, ser sábias, e não são muitos os homens que o têm. Bernard Cornwell
“ Descobri em minha longa vida que a maioria dos homens da Igreja prega os méritos da pobreza enquanto corre atrás da riqueza. Adoram dinheiro, e a Igreja atrai dinheiro como uma vela atrai mariposas. Bernard Cornwell
“ So we rode through a broken gate in a broken wall into a broken town, and it was dusk, and the day's rain had finally lifted, and a shaft of red sunlight came from beneath the western clouds as we ent… Bernard Cornwell
“ When men do evil and claim that they are doing God’s work, then they are at their most dangerous. Bernard Cornwell
