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Book tours and research provide a lot of travel – too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations.

Bernard Cornwell

You won’t regret the men you never killed, but you will regret the women you passed up.
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Men Pass Regret Women
A man does not see where he treads in battle, for he is watching the enemy.
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Battle Enemy Men Watching
Because there could not be peace, not while two tribes shared one land. One tribe must win. Even the nailed god cannot change that truth. And I was a warrior, and in a world at war the warrior must be cruel.
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Change Land Tribe War Winning
The existence of tricks does not imply the absence of magic.
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Absence Imply Magic Trick
Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.
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Easier Occupation
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.
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Love Men Thinking Wanted Wrenches
I’m fortunate that the books sell, but even more fortunate to live in Chatham, to be very happily married and to have, on the whole, a fairly clear conscience.
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Book Clear Happily Married
So far it’s 43 books in 25 years.
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Book Far Years
I’ll happily mentor anyone who wants mentoring, and most of that goes on by internet rather than face to face.
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Mentor Mentoring Want
You know what circumcision is, Private?
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Circumcision Knows Private
But when you have order, you don’t need Gods. When everything is well ordered and disciplined then nothing is unexpected.
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Dark Order Powerful
Writing is a solitary occupation.
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Occupation Solitary Writing
Wyrd bith ful araed (Fate is inexorable).
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Arared Fate Ful Inexorable
Television is a young person’s medium.
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Mediums Person Television Young
Know that their voice can make your heart miss a beat and that their company is all your happiness can ever desire and that their absence will leave your soul alone, bereft and lost.
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Alone Company Happiness Leave Lost Miss Soul
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.
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Book Finish Months Research

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