All Bernard Cornwell Quotes
- You'll call me a damned Jew, a Christ murderer, a secret worshipper of pigs and a kidnapper of christian children.' This was all said cheerfully.… Absurd
- Pride makes a man, it drives him, it is the shield wall around his reputation... Men die, they said, but reputation does not die. Die
- Wyrd bith ful araed (Fate is inexorable). Bith
- I do understand that you can look into someone’s eyes,” I heard myself saying, “and suddenly know that life will be impossible without them. Know… Absence
- Madness ends sometimes. The Gods decree it, not man. Decree
- The bards sing of love, they celebrate slaughter, they extol kings and flatter queens, but were I a poet I would write in praise of… Bards
- 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… Call
- Only a fool wants war, but once a war starts then it cannot be fought half-heartedly. It cannot even be fought with regret, but must… Age
- Every day is ordinary, until it isn't. Day
- We all suffer from dreams All
- Anyone who claims to have an entirely clear conscience is almost certainly a bore. Almost Certainly
- Agents will read unpublished work because they might make money, and that's their job. It isn't mine. Agents
- I volunteered for this life, wanted it and am not going to bitch about it now that I've got it. Bitch
- It's fun. I sit down every day and tell stories. Some folk would kill to get that chance. Chance
- Judy couldn't move to Britain for family reasons, so I had to come to the States, and the U.S. government wouldn't give me a Green… Airily
- One book at a time... though I'm usually doing the research for others while I'm writing, but that sort of research is fairly desultory and… Book
- So the books have a greater appeal to a British audience, but that hasn't stopped them making best-seller lists in places like Brazil, Japan and… Appeal