Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.
BERNARD CORNWELLThis is our land, mixed with our blood, strengthened with our bone. Ours!
More Bernard Cornwell Quotes
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What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness.
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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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Television is a young person’s medium.
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I sometimes wonder what would have happened if the first book had not sold… doesn’t bear thinking about, but I suppose we’d have made it work somehow.
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Latin! The language of God! Or perhaps He speaks Hebrew? I suppose that’s more likely and it will make things rather awkward in heaven, won’t it? Will we all have to learn Hebrew?
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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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You know what circumcision is, Private?
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You won’t regret the men you never killed, but you will regret the women you passed up.
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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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Every day is ordinary, until it isn’t.
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Book tours and research provide a lot of travel – too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations.
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A man does not see where he treads in battle, for he is watching the enemy.
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We make children and wealth and amass land and build halls and assemble armies and give great feasts, but only one thing survives us. Reputation.
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Writing is a solitary occupation.
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Only a fool wants war, but once a war starts then it cannot be fought half-heartedly. It cannot even be fought with regret, but must be waged with a savage joy in defeating the enemy, and it is that savage joy that inspires our bards to write their greatest songs about love and war.
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