“ I had learned to hide my soul, or perhaps I was confused. Northumbrian or Dane? Which was I? What did I want to be? Bernard Cornwell
“ He had always thought there was an answer to all life's mysteries in the stars, yet whenever he stared at them the answer slipped out of his grasp... But he had to think now, and he stared at the smok… Bernard Cornwell
“ Five things make a man happy, I told him, a good ship, a good sword, a good hound, a good horse, and a woman. Not a good woman? Finan asked, amused. They’re all good, I said, except when they’re not,… Bernard Cornwell
“ Enemies come soon enough in a mans life,' he told me, 'you don't need to seek them out Bernard Cornwell
“ Dizem que este Deus (deus cristão) é do perdão. Melhor ofender um desses do que qualquer outro. Bernard Cornwell
“ But fate, as Merlin always taught us, is inexorable. Life is a jest of the Gods, Merlin liked to claim, and there is no justice. You must learn to laugh, he once told me, or else you'll just weep your… Bernard Cornwell
“ Tuo padre è Aelle - asserì Merlino tranquillo.Lo guardai con stupore. - Come lo sai?- Ce l'hai scritto in faccia, Derfel. Questa notte, quando ti ho visto arrivare dalla porta della palizzata, per ess… Bernard Cornwell
“ You’re the son of a king,’ I told him, ‘and one day you might be a king yourself. Life and death will be your gifts, so learn how to give them, boy. Bernard Cornwell
“ The standing to be cannonaded,’ he wrote in the memoirs of his military service: and having nothing else to do, is about the most unpleasant thing that can happen to soldiers in an engagement. Bernard Cornwell
“ La gente non rinuncia alle proprie speranze, solo perché è delusa, Derfel; semmai vi si aggrappa con un'intensità ancora maggiore. Siamo davvero degli sciocchi. Bernard Cornwell
