He has a mouth, lord, " Gerbruht said." I envy him, " I said." Envy him, lord?"" Most of us have to lower our trews to shit.

Bernard Cornwell
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  1. But fate, as Merlin always taught us, is inexorable. Life is a jest of the Gods, Merlin liked to claim, and there is no justice. You must learn to laugh, he once told me, or else you'll just weep yourself to death.

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  3. 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.

  4. Some had hurled spears first. Those spears thumped into our shields, making them unwieldy, but it hardly mattered. The leading Danes tripped on the hidden timbers and the men behind pushed the falling men forward. I kicked one in the face, feeling my iron-reinforced boot...

  5. I decided to start a war, father", I said, cheerfully, "it's so much more interesting than peace.

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