Warlord Chronicles Quotes

“death is the due we owe to the Gods in return for the life they give us.”
― Bernard Cornwell, The King Arthur Trilogy: The Winter King, Enemy of God, Excalibur

“What in the holy name of a holy harlot,’ Culhwch asked Galahad, ‘is a holy ghost?”
― Bernard Cornwell, The King Arthur Trilogy: The Winter King, Enemy of God, Excalibur

“if we open ourselves then we can become a part of the game instead of its victims.”
― Bernard Cornwell, The King Arthur Trilogy: The Winter King, Enemy of God, Excalibur

“Druids are not allowed to write anything down, it’s against the rules. You know that! Once you write something down it becomes fixed. It becomes dogma. People can argue about it, they become authoritative, they refer to the texts, they produce new manuscripts, they argue more and soon they’re putting each other to death. If you never write anything down then no one knows exactly what you said so you can always change it.”
― Bernard Cornwell, The King Arthur Trilogy: The Winter King, Enemy of God, Excalibur