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“Wyrd bið ful āræd. Fate is inexorable.”
― Bernard Cornwell, Warriors of the Storm

“Reputation! It is the one thing that outlives us. Men die, women die, all die, but reputation lives on like the echo of a song, and men crave reputation, as they crave the heavy arm rings that mark a warrior's victories.”
― Bernard Cornwell, War of the Wolf

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft

“Laughter in battle. That was what Ragnar had taught me, to take joy from the fight.”
― Bernard Cornwell, The Last Kingdom

“Life is simple," I said. "Ale, women, sword, and reputation. Nothing else matters.”
― Bernard Cornwell, The Pale Horseman

“So long as we remember names, so long those people live.”
― Bernard Cornwell, The Flame Bearer