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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “It is hard to force obedience,” he said, “without encouraging resentment.”

201. “It is hard to force obedience,” he said, “without encouraging resentment.”

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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “In madness lies change, in change is opportunity, and in opportunity are riches.”

202. “In madness lies change, in change is opportunity, and in opportunity are riches.”

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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “Research is a lifelong occupation so it’s hard to factor it in, but I reckon most books take 5 months from start to finish.”

203. “Research is a lifelong occupation so it’s hard to factor it in, but I reckon most books take 5 months from start to finish.”

— Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell Quote: “Thousands!” Appah Rao’s tone mocked the claim. “You may have thousands, Colonel, but the Tippoo has tigers.”

204. “Thousands!” Appah Rao’s tone mocked the claim. “You may have thousands, Colonel, but the Tippoo has tigers.”

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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “You bastard!′ he shouted. He was quick. No warrior stays alive by being slow.”

205. “You bastard!′ he shouted. He was quick. No warrior stays alive by being slow.”

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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “If an oath is a mistake then you are still obligated because you are sworn to it.”

206. “If an oath is a mistake then you are still obligated because you are sworn to it.”

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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “The only purpose a Council serves is to make you all feel important.”

207. “The only purpose a Council serves is to make you all feel important.”

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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “There are times,” Leofric grumbled, “when you are an earsling.” An earsling was something that had dropped out of a creature’s backside and was one of Leofric’s favourite insults. We were friends.”

208. “There are times,” Leofric grumbled, “when you are an earsling.” An earsling was something that had dropped out of a creature’s backside and was one of Leofric’s favourite insults. We were friends.”

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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “So now I shall write the tale’s ending with my sword beside me and I shall hope that I am given time to finish this tale of Arthur, my Lord, who was betrayed, reviled and, after his departure, missed like no other man was ever missed in all of Britain’s history.”

209. “So now I shall write the tale’s ending with my sword beside me and I shall hope that I am given time to finish this tale of Arthur, my Lord, who was betrayed, reviled and, after his departure, missed like no other man was ever missed in all of Britain’s history.”

— Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell Quote: “Then you start another book and suddenly the galley proofs of the last one come in and you have to wrench your attention away from what you’re writing and try to remember what you were thinking when you wrote the previous one.”

210. “Then you start another book and suddenly the galley proofs of the last one come in and you have to wrench your attention away from what you’re writing and try to remember what you were thinking when you wrote the previous one.”

— Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell Quote: “The preachers tell us that pride is a great sin, but the preachers are wrong. Pride makes a man, it drives him, it is the shield wall around his reputation... Men die, they said, but reputation does not die.”

211. “The preachers tell us that pride is a great sin, but the preachers are wrong. Pride makes a man, it drives him, it is the shield wall around his reputation... Men die, they said, but reputation does not die.”

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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “The priests are like Offa,” I said. “They want us to be their dogs, well schooled, grateful and obedient, and why? So they can get rich. They tell you pride is a sin? You’re a man! It’s like telling you breathing is a sin, and once they’ve made you feel guilty for daring to breathe, they’ll give you absolution in return for a handful of silver.”

212. “The priests are like Offa,” I said. “They want us to be their dogs, well schooled, grateful and obedient, and why? So they can get rich. They tell you pride is a sin? You’re a man! It’s like telling you breathing is a sin, and once they’ve made you feel guilty for daring to breathe, they’ll give you absolution in return for a handful of silver.”

— Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell Quote: “This isn’t just a war over land, it’s a war about God. And Alfred... is Christ’s servant...”

213. “This isn’t just a war over land, it’s a war about God. And Alfred... is Christ’s servant...”

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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “These word-stringers make nothing, grow nothing, kill no enemies, catch no fish, and raise no cattle. They just take silver in exchange for words, which are free anyway. It is a clever trick, but in truth they are about as much use as priests.”

214. “These word-stringers make nothing, grow nothing, kill no enemies, catch no fish, and raise no cattle. They just take silver in exchange for words, which are free anyway. It is a clever trick, but in truth they are about as much use as priests.”

— Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell Quote: “A man does not see where he treads in battle, for he is watching the enemy...”

215. “A man does not see where he treads in battle, for he is watching the enemy...”

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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “We might know how it ends, but like all good stories it bears repetition. So here it is again, the story of a battle.”

216. “We might know how it ends, but like all good stories it bears repetition. So here it is again, the story of a battle.”

— Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell Quote: “So what do we do?” Finan asked. “We ride down there,” I said, easing my way back from the crest, “we smile politely, and tell the stupid bastard that he’s our prisoner.”

217. “So what do we do?” Finan asked. “We ride down there,” I said, easing my way back from the crest, “we smile politely, and tell the stupid bastard that he’s our prisoner.”

— Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell Quote: “Fear might work on a man, but confidence fights against fear.”

218. “Fear might work on a man, but confidence fights against fear.”

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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “In the dark, lord, all cats are black.”

219. “In the dark, lord, all cats are black.”

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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “Some oaths are made with love, and those we cannot break.”

220. “Some oaths are made with love, and those we cannot break.”

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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “Abel Becket had never seen as much of his wife’s breasts as Mrs. Loring saw fit to present to the world.”

221. “Abel Becket had never seen as much of his wife’s breasts as Mrs. Loring saw fit to present to the world.”

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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “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 ring for love.”

222. “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 ring for love.”

— Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell Quote: “Doubt weakens the will.”

223. “Doubt weakens the will.”

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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “Ferocity gave her a beauty that nature had denied her.”

224. “Ferocity gave her a beauty that nature had denied her.”

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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “Many folk are clever, lord Uhtred, but very few are wise.”

225. “Many folk are clever, lord Uhtred, but very few are wise.”

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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “In other words,” she said tartly, “women are supposed to do all that a man can’t do. And right now it seems men can’t fight, so I’d better do that too.”

226. “In other words,” she said tartly, “women are supposed to do all that a man can’t do. And right now it seems men can’t fight, so I’d better do that too.”

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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “We were three ships in a summer’s dawn, and we were going to battle.”

227. “We were three ships in a summer’s dawn, and we were going to battle.”

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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “Even now, with my eyes closed, I sometimes see that child coming from the sea, her face smiling, her thin body outlined against the white clinging dress and her hands reaching for her lover. I cannot hear a gull’s cry without seeing her for she will haunt me till the day I die, and after death, wherever it is my soul goes, she will be there; a child killed for a King, by law, in Camelot.”

228. “Even now, with my eyes closed, I sometimes see that child coming from the sea, her face smiling, her thin body outlined against the white clinging dress and her hands reaching for her lover. I cannot hear a gull’s cry without seeing her for she will haunt me till the day I die, and after death, wherever it is my soul goes, she will be there; a child killed for a King, by law, in Camelot.”

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Bernard Cornwell Quote: “Yet to complain of the world’s unfairness was the same as grumbling that the sun was hot or that the wind sometimes changed its direction.”

229. “Yet to complain of the world’s unfairness was the same as grumbling that the sun was hot or that the wind sometimes changed its direction.”

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