Bernard Cornwell Men Quotations

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 Card, so I airily told her I'd write a book.

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

I'll happily mentor anyone who wants mentoring, and most of that goes on by internet rather than face to face.

Love is a dangerous thing. It comes in disguise to change our life... Lust is the deceiver. Lust wrenches our lives until nothing matters except the one we think we love, and under that deceptive spell we kill for them, give all for them, and then, when we have what we have wanted, we discover that it is all an illusion and nothing is there. Lust is a voyage to nowhere, to an empty land, but some men just love such voyages and never care about the destination. Love is a voyage too, a voyage with no destination except death, but a voyage of bliss.

Madness ends sometimes. The Gods decree it, not man.

You won't regret the men you never killed, but you will regret the women you passed up.

Pride makes a man, it drives him, it is the shield wall around his reputation... Men die, they said, but reputation does not die.