What binds a man to his land? What power within allows him to give his life to preserve his land and the lives of the families who work it? It can only be love.
Uhtred in The Last KingdomCourage is finding the will to overcome your fear, nothing more.
Uhtred in The Last KingdomRevenge will not bring you peace, only death.
The Last KingdomFear can be expelled with knowledge.
The Last KingdomAn empty throne provokes more trouble than a weak king.
Uhtred in The Last KingdomA king must be a king on his own terms. He cannot be his father. He can only be himself.
Uhtred in The Last KingdomTo fight, men need a lord who can lead them into battle without fear.
Uhtred in The Last KingdomSoon, all of the kings in England shall be kings of nothing.
Ravn in The Last KingdomI do not seek battles. Battles just seem to seek me.
Uhtred in The Last KingdomOnly the gods tell him what to do, and you should beware of men who take their orders from the gods.
Bernard Cornwell in The Last KingdomPride 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 in The Last KingdomArrows of insight have to be winged by the feathers of speculation.
Bernard Cornwell in The Last KingdomI have learned that it is one thing to kill in battle, to send a brave man's soul to the corpse hall of the gods, but quite another to take a helpless man's life.
Bernard Cornwell in The Last KingdomFear might work on a man, but confidence fights against fear.
Bernard Cornwell in The Last KingdomA village can be rebuilt. A warrior can die only once.
The Last KingdomAn army, I learned in time, needs a head. It needs one man to lead it, but give an army two leaders and you halve its strength.
Bernard Cornwell in The Last KingdomWar is fought in mystery. The truth can take days to travel, and ahead of truth flies rumor, and it is ever hard to know what is really happening, and the art of it is to pluck the clean bone of fact from the rotting flesh of fear and lies.
Bernard Cornwell in The Last KingdomTo advise a king is a great honor. But it can also be a curse.
The Last KingdomLaughter in battle. That was what Ragnar had taught me, to take joy from the fight.
Bernard Cornwell in The Last Kingdom