Paul Bulmer

“Men who lead by fear might become great kings and might rule lands so great that no man knows their boundaries, but they can be beaten, too, beaten by men who fight as brothers.”
― Bernard Cornwell, Warriors of the Storm

“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

“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

“You could spoil anything by worrying too much.”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning