Sharpe's Revenge Quotes

“Violence may not be good, my friend, but it has a certain efficiency in the resolution of otherwise insoluble problems.”
― Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Revenge

“Tongues will be tongues,’ Lucille said vaguely. ‘A lie cannot hurt the truth.”
― Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Revenge

“They had marched all the soldiers’ miles together, and now their ways parted. They would promise reunion, but such promises were so rarely kept.”
― Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Revenge

“That’s bloody obvious. A schoolboy with a palsied brain could have worked that one out.”
― Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Revenge

“Politics were so very simple, the Cardinal thought, just so long as a man believed no one, double-crossed everyone, kept a full treasury, and inveigled others into doing the dirty work.”
― Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Revenge

“was foully aware of the symptoms of terror. He could feel his heart thumping, sweat was chill on his skin, and a muscle in his left thigh was twitching. His throat was parched, his belly felt hollow, and he wanted to vomit. He tried to smile, and sought for some casual words that would demonstrate his lack of fear, but he could think of nothing.”
― Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Revenge