Matthew Harffy > Quotes

“Time is the hunter that always catches his prey.”
― Matthew Harffy, Wolf of Wessex

“The sword is like a serpent. You can try to tame it, but it is venomous and will often bite the hand that holds it.”
― Matthew Harffy, The Serpent Sword

“I don't know what happiness is anymore”
― Matthew Harffy, The Serpent Sword

“The taking of a life should never be easy. Killing in the defence of the weak is honourable, but it should never be taken lightly. And an honourable man must never seek to inflict pain and suffering, for that is the way of the weakly coward. But to answer your question, killing can become easy, but you will have to live with the memories of your actions forever. And God will surely judge you for them when you stand before Him, so make sure you are acting for the right reasons.”
― Matthew Harffy, Wolf of Wessex

“He had heard similar cries oftentimes before, in many languages. They were always the same, those last calls before death claimed the wounded. They cried for their loved ones, for their wives, children or mothers. They called out against the cruelty of their end. Some railed against the gods for allowing them to die.”
― Matthew Harffy, Storm of Steel

“There were only two things you could ever be sure of in life: the passage of time and the unexpected.”
― Matthew Harffy, Wolf of Wessex

“Whosoever could do such a thing as keep themselves from thinking would be able to find peace indeed.”
― Matthew Harffy, Wolf of Wessex

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― Matthew Harffy, Forest of Foes

“Wherever their king had sent them, the Wolves would hunt. They had become feared by all of the enemies of Wessex.”
― Matthew Harffy, Wolf of Wessex

“No man remained young for ever. Even kings grew old. Even warriors who once basked in battle-fame and were renowned as being bold.”
― Matthew Harffy, Wolf of Wessex

“When a man has nothing to lose, he is as dangerous as a savage animal.”
― Matthew Harffy, Wolf of Wessex

“The body does not need much to be happy. But it is the things we do not need that cause us most pain.”
― Matthew Harffy, Wolf of Wessex

“For a time the man was lost from sight behind a hedgerow that was a-chatter with sparrows.”
― Matthew Harffy, Wolf of Wessex

“The idea of a Christian of the ninth century having a dog named Odin, after the one-eyed father of the Norse gods, may seem far-fetched. However, the idea comes from my own family history. My paternal grandfather had a black Labrador called Satan, which I believe was named by my father (who incidentally went on to become a missionary and then a Baptist minister!). You can imagine the strange looks my grandfather would get in the 1960s and 1970s calling out for his dog.”
― Matthew Harffy, Wolf of Wessex

“You cannot change the past, old friend. To rake over those old coals will only cause you pain.”
― Matthew Harffy, Wolf of Wessex

“You can always learn new ways of doing things, if you listen and pay attention to what is around you.”
― Matthew Harffy, Wolf of Wessex

“Men always strive for what they do not have. But to reach the object of their desire does not make them content. When a man attains his goals, he merely looks further to the horizon, for the next prize. It is why men will never be happy and why we will never know peace.”
― Matthew Harffy, Wolf of Wessex

“To conjure the flames from nothing was a special magic and when it was cold a fire was not only a balm for strained nerves, it was life-giving warmth.”
― Matthew Harffy, Wolf of Wessex

“Much of what I have learnt, the forest has taught me. You can learn much if you watch and listen. With patience and time the woodland will give up its secrets. All learning comes from being patient and thinking what you can glean of use from what is around you.”
― Matthew Harffy, Wolf of Wessex

“A shared pain is halved, a shared joy is doubled.”
― Matthew Harffy, Storm of Steel

“Kindness is all too often accepted and not repaid.”
― Matthew Harffy, Wolf of Wessex

“As weeping would accomplish nothing, there was no use in it. “Actions are what you need, son, not whining and tears”.”
― Matthew Harffy, The Serpent Sword

“meaning.” “You will have to make do with Bernician lasses, for you are to stay at Ubbanford,” Beobrand had replied.”
― Matthew Harffy, Blood and Blade

“When you lose something, the best way to find it is to go back over the ground you have covered.”
― Matthew Harffy, Wolf of Wessex

“Woah! Woah!”
― Matthew Harffy, The Cross and the Curse

“I don't know. I thought you were going to lose sight in both eyes, but you can see from your right well enough. Sit, and soon we will see...or not.” Alric smiled wryly, but Beobrand failed to appreciate the humour. Alric”
― Matthew Harffy, The Serpent Sword

“When the men who hunted them finally showed themselves, they did not come crashing out of the foliage, but seemed to materialise from the shadows, like wraiths.”
― Matthew Harffy, Wolf of Wessex

“The Leechbook has recently been the focus of renewed study as, in March 2015, one of its recipes, which included garlic and the bile from a cow's stomach, was found to kill the hospital "superbug", Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).”
― Matthew Harffy, Blood and Blade