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A sad, plangent music. In the British camp, Sharpe thought, they would be singing, but no one was singing here. — Bernard Cornwell

We were dressed for war, and war was coming. — Bernard Cornwell

I've never taken a scalpel to a dead body. — Patricia Cornwell

What's Mark working on in Denver?" "I have no idea. Some special — Patricia Cornwell

It takes a weak man to prove his strength by striking a woman. — Bernard Cornwell

two blocks down from my house? What the hell is going on?" "Nothing good," Marino says. I Google Sonny's Lawn Care. There's no such — Patricia Cornwell

every time you get rid of one toad there's another to take his place — Patricia Cornwell

Night fell clean and cold in Dublin, and wind moaned beyond my room as if a million pipes played the air. — Patricia Cornwell

I had no idea what I was speaking of, but only knew I must sound confident. Fear might work on a man, but confidence fights against fear. Odda — Bernard Cornwell

nothing like shooting a man while he's down — Patricia Cornwell

Some people should never be gone, and those that should hang around forever. — Patricia Cornwell

Only a fool leaves cash where a servant can find it,' he said. — Bernard Cornwell

Rain slowly slides down the glass as if the night is crying. — Patricia Cornwell

You had to be willing to forget what it had done before and look for what it could do. — Betsy Cornwell

This time, if God wills it, we shall replace him. A man bitten by a snake once does not let the snake live a second time. — Bernard Cornwell

But to whom much is given much also can be taken, — Patricia Cornwell

I won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable. — Patricia Cornwell

Thousands!" Appah Rao's tone mocked the claim. "You may have thousands, Colonel, but the Tippoo has tigers. — Bernard Cornwell

Religion makes strange bedfellows. — Bernard Cornwell

Don't announce what you fear could happen or someone evil might make it come true. — Patricia Cornwell

But caffeine, cigarettes and cholesterol, the grim reapers of the common man - God forbid I should give them up. — Patricia Cornwell

The sun shone on us, the water sparkled, the oar-blades dipped and we were gone. Gone to make history. — Bernard Cornwell

We all suffer from dreams. — Bernard Cornwell

Once upon a time, in a land that was called Britain, these things happened. — Bernard Cornwell

Hengall the Warrior hated war. The business of life, he liked to say, is to plant grain, not blades. — Bernard Cornwell

He believes that all kindnesses will be repaid. He also believes that evil will get its ugly reward, — Patricia Cornwell

I find it difficult to attend autopsies. Especially the smells. — Patricia Cornwell

The word need is never good. I hope you never use it when you're talking about me, — Patricia Cornwell

Hate makes you stupid. — Patricia Cornwell

War has become our national industry, like automotives and steel and the railroads once were. — Patricia Cornwell

Hurry up and do nothing, that was the army's way of doing things. — Bernard Cornwell

There is a greater war, Uhtred. Not the fight between Saxon and Dane, but between God and the devil, between good and evil! We are part of it! — Bernard Cornwell

Now, waving flies from his face, he told the two deserters what they might expect. — Bernard Cornwell

Everything was a broken line for me in those days. I was slipped into the empty spaces between words. — Betsy Cornwell

When rumours fly, when false tales are being told, be the storyteller. — Bernard Cornwell

Thoughts are odd misfires — Patricia Cornwell

I knew a man who had a dumb wife. He was ever so happy. — Bernard Cornwell

Frenchman was tall and thin, with a lugubrious and tired face, but — Bernard Cornwell

Fate is inexorable. — Bernard Cornwell

Madness ends sometimes. The Gods decree it, not man. — Bernard Cornwell

Dreams are like songs. Their task is not to offer an exact image of the world, but a suggestion of it. — Bernard Cornwell

So we all die?'
"No, no, no! We fight them!'
'How do you fight a dragon?'
'With prayer, boy, with prayer.'
'So we do all die — Bernard Cornwell

We rarely are conscious of those primitive anxieties that creep out from under reason. And the only way to banish them is to turn on all the lights. — Patricia Cornwell

That's why I think the 'Scarpetta' series has worked so well because people like spending time with this character. — Patricia Cornwell

So I do my duty," Sharpe said, "and land in the shit." "You have at last seized the essence of soldiering," Hogan said — Bernard Cornwell

No man wanted to face warriors like Finan in battle. — Bernard Cornwell

10 East 53rd Street — Bernard Cornwell

Everyone is doing forensics. — Patricia Cornwell

Children born to unwed mothers,' he said after a long silence, 'have parts of their souls missing. — Bernard Cornwell

I dropped chemistry. I practically blew up the lab in college. — Patricia Cornwell

Blood squirted as his transected femoral artery haemorrhaged to the rhythm of his horrible heart.
- From Potter's Field — Patricia Cornwell

Always fight the horse, not the rider. — Bernard Cornwell

You do not swing in a shield wall, you stab. May the gods ever send me enemies who swing their blades. — Bernard Cornwell

When terrorists find something that works they keep on doing it. It's predictable. — Patricia Cornwell

You will tell him that Uhtred of Bebbanburg is in a mood to kill. — Bernard Cornwell

The body was not yet fully rigorous and was still slightly warm as I began swabbing any area that a washcloth might have missed. I — Patricia Cornwell

I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer. — Patricia Cornwell

Depression is a devastating illness, causing great suffering in the afflicted and anxiety to their nearest and dearest: it can hit at any age. — John Cornwell

You know what the best security system is? Window shades. — Patricia Cornwell

I like to get to bed with a clear head. — Patricia Cornwell

the rocketmen ran for cover. The missiles — Bernard Cornwell

Most men want to follow, and what they demand of their leader is prosperity. We are the ring givers, the gold givers. — Bernard Cornwell

He knew you were a warrior. He called you a brute. He said you were like a dog that attacks a bull. You had no fear because you had no sense. — Bernard Cornwell

His charms worked, for though the bullets flicked close none hit him. He was the tiger of Mysore, he could not die, only kill. — Bernard Cornwell

When your heart is broken, it's easier to follow rules — Betsy Cornwell

Idle men make mischief, especially idle men supplied with ale, whores, and weapons. — Bernard Cornwell

The hall's door was framed by a pair of vast curved bones that had come from some sea monster. — Bernard Cornwell

Don't give me your Christian shit about forgiveness. — Bernard Cornwell

Isolation is the cruelest of punishments, and it had never occurred to me that I was something less than human because I wasn't a man. — Patricia Cornwell

I paid him," Lawford said indignantly.
"If you want a job done properly," Sharpe said, "you do it yourself. Hell! — Bernard Cornwell

The rules were simple: trust no one, be ever watchful and if trouble came hit first and hit hard. It had worked for him so far. — Bernard Cornwell

Why do we fight?" he asked.

"Because we were born. — Bernard Cornwell

Being gay is just one aspect of my very complicated life. I do not wear it on my sleeve. — Patricia Cornwell

When what we believe we've mastered is no longer predictable we're not fine. The world suddenly is a very scary place. It loses its charm. — Patricia Cornwell

I wondered why the gods no longer came to earth. It would make belief so much easier. — Bernard Cornwell

Wyrd bith ful araed (Fate is inexorable). — Bernard Cornwell

Odors have their own story to tell and the secret is to block them out after they're no longer relevant. — Patricia Cornwell

An army, I learned in time, needs a head. It needs one man to lead it, but give an army two leaders and you halve its strength. — Bernard Cornwell

Some sort of psychopath, like a serial killer. — Patricia Cornwell

Only the gods tell him what to do, and you should beware of men who take their orders from the gods. — Bernard Cornwell

The crews of the Viking ships are Danish, Norse, Frisian, and Saxon. — Bernard Cornwell

Predators watch their quarry. It starts with the eyes. — Patricia Cornwell

The sight of that loveliness was enough to drive all sense from a man's head. — Bernard Cornwell

He has Raynaud's syndrome — Patricia Cornwell

Botox not only helps with wrinkles, it actually makes you feel more relaxed as frowning causes tension. — Patricia Cornwell

Eddie Heath had come in naked with IV needles, catheter, and dressings still in place. They — Patricia Cornwell

Gravity will get you. Life is inclined toward falling. Not standing or flying, indeed, barely sitting. — Patricia Cornwell

My son smiled. "You taught me well, Father."
"What did I teach you?"
"That a spear-point in a prisoner's liver is a very persuasive thing. — Bernard Cornwell

I was without a lord. I was outcast. I was free. I was going Viking. There — Bernard Cornwell

The rest merely requires common sense; it is like a boxing match, the more you punch the better it is. — Bernard Cornwell

Just remember, Braithwaite. While you were learning to be a fool at Oxford I was learning to kill men. And I learned well. — Bernard Cornwell

I shook my head. 'Killing isn't woman's work,' I said. 'Why not?' she asked. 'We give life, can't we take it too? — Bernard Cornwell

Remember the old saying, my lady,' he said slyly. 'Put a cat to watch a flock and the wolves eat well. — Bernard Cornwell

My fans want me to talk to them. And even if they want to be critical, I want to hear what they've got to say. — Patricia Cornwell

You can't cure a chipped plate. All you can do is live with it or throw it out. — Patricia Cornwell

With DNA, the ability to find out a lot more with a lot less has increased our ability for identification. — Patricia Cornwell

But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create. — Patricia Cornwell

I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power. — Patricia Cornwell

I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people. — Patricia Cornwell

Ensign Fitzgerald had somehow managed to get himself a jewelled sabre that he was now flashing around like a shilling whore given a guinea fan. — Bernard Cornwell