Bernard Cornwell, The Flame Bearer Quotes

When a man cannot fight he would curse. The gods like to feel needed.

It's better to make the wrong choice, " my father had continued, "than to make no choice at all.

Prisoners!" Finan shouted, and I suspected he was shouting at me because I had so blatantly ignored my own insistence that we take men captive.

All you need to know, boy, " Finan growled, "is that Lord Uhtred's side is the one that wins.

We should know who they are, " I said, "before we kill them. That's just being polite.