Paul Bulmer

“Caratacus stood at the mouth of a cave contemplating the scene below him. The stream pouring through the gulley had carved this feature in the landscape over tens of thousands of years and the water fell angrily from the inaccessible gorges above. For years, it had been the hiding place of fugitives and brigands, but the sight of five hundred battle weary warriors descending on their hideout had persuaded the incumbents it was probably in their interests to move out, and Caratacus had taken over the gorge with little argument. - Chapter 35”
― K.M. Ashman, The Fall of Britannia

“Einar could feel the fury pulsing from Ivar as he stalked back and forth in front of the fire like Fenris, the giant wolf who guarded the doors of Hel.”
― Peter Gibbons, Viking Blood and Blade

“Father Salvatore lived here for the last thirty years,’ he answered. ‘He lived with the brothers in the monastery. I cannot tell you why. Some say he was sent there after the war, as a punishment. For what? Some say he went mad, and was put in a cell. I said to you before, who can tell? Some say he chose to live here, instead of Malta, because of something that happened.’ His thigh was twitching again, and he calmed it like a fractious child, a child with toothache or a high fever. ‘They say he never spoke of it. It was a secret between himself and God. And perhaps the archbishop—who knows? … But now he rests here for ever.”
― Nicholas Monsarrat, The Kappillan of Malta

“We are all victims of our lives. Some of us accept our circumstances better than others. Some rot from the inside out until every word they speak drips with sourness or venom. I suppose that”
― Eric Schumacher, Sigurd's Swords