Quote by Bernard Cornwell Download Open image ““The gods are capricious, and I was about to amuse them. And Alfred was right. I was a fool.”” — Bernard Cornwell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“I hated Alfred. He was a miserable, pious, tight-fisted king who distrusted me because I was no Christian, because I was a northerner, and… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
“Look at me. This is nobility in a man: to bear what falls from the gods and not say No.” — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
“be careful what you say. The gods may not be the only ones listening.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“But there exists not one man who never errs. We would be gods." And gods didn't apologize. Men did.” — Meljean Brook Copy Share Image
“It was said that the gods favored fools because they were entertaining to watch.” — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“Never honor the gods in one breath and take the gods for fools the next.” — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“Usually he didn’t bother the gods, and he hoped the gods wouldn’t bother him. Life was quite complicated enough.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“They laughed, but I was melancholy. The remnants of Rome always make me sad, simply because they are proof that we slide inexorably towards… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
“Some mothers soften their sons, but Osbert was motherless and I had raised him hard because a man must be hard. The world is… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
“Enemies come soon enough in a mans life,' he told me, 'you don't need to seek them out” — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
“"He sang the song of the sword, keening as he fed his blade, and Rollo, standing thigh-deep in the creek, ax swinging in murderous… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
“A battle in the shield wall. It's smelling your enemy's breath while he tries to disembowel you with an axe, it's blood and shit… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
I'll happily mentor anyone who wants mentoring, and most of that goes on by internet rather than face to face. — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
“Nor did he care about his childhood, for certainly I never heard him speak of it. I once questioned him about his early days… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
“And we screamed. We screamed our war cry, our shout of slaughter, our joy of being men in battle who are driven by terror.” — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
It's fun. I sit down every day and tell stories. Some folk would kill to get that chance. — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
“You will tell him that Uhtred of Bebbanburg is in a mood to kill.” — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image