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The only mercy of children is that they grow up, as my son has but then, tragically, they beget more children. We do not learn life’s lessons.

Bernard Cornwell

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bernard Cornwell Quote - I know nothing about producing TV drama and any involvement on my part is liable to prove an obstacle to the producers, so I prefer to be a cheerleader and let them get on with it.

    I know nothing about producing TV drama and any involvement on my part is liable to prove an obstacle to the producers, so I prefer to be a cheerleader and let them get on with it.

    BERNARD CORNWELL
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bernard Cornwell Quote - You won’t regret the men you never killed, but you will regret the women you passed up.

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

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bernard Cornwell Quote - Pride makes a man, it drives him, it is the shield wall around his reputation… Men die, they said, but reputation does not die.

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

    BERNARD CORNWELL
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bernard Cornwell Quote - But when you have order, you don’t need Gods. When everything is well ordered and disciplined then nothing is unexpected.

    But when you have order, you don’t need Gods. When everything is well ordered and disciplined then nothing is unexpected.

    BERNARD CORNWELL
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bernard Cornwell Quote - Television is a young person’s medium.

    Television is a young person’s medium.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bernard Cornwell Quote - We don’t build,’ I said to my son, ‘we just destroy.

    We don’t build,’ I said to my son, ‘we just destroy.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bernard Cornwell Quote - 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.

    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.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram 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.

    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.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bernard Cornwell Quote - Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.

    Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bernard Cornwell Quote - I’ll happily mentor anyone who wants mentoring, and most of that goes on by internet rather than face to face.

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

    BERNARD CORNWELL
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bernard Cornwell Quote - The only mercy of children is that they grow up, as my son has but then, tragically, they beget more children. We do not learn life’s lessons.

    The only mercy of children is that they grow up, as my son has but then, tragically, they beget more children. We do not learn life’s lessons.

    BERNARD CORNWELL
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bernard Cornwell Quote - The bards sing of love, they celebrate slaughter, they extol kings and flatter queens, but were I a poet I would write in praise of friendship.

    The bards sing of love, they celebrate slaughter, they extol kings and flatter queens, but were I a poet I would write in praise of friendship.

    BERNARD CORNWELL
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    Writing is a solitary occupation.

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    Because there could not be peace, not while two tribes shared one land. One tribe must win.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bernard Cornwell Quote - 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.

    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.

    BERNARD CORNWELL
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bernard Cornwell Quote - Even the nailed god cannot change that truth. And I was a warrior, and in a world at war the warrior must be cruel.

    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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