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Quotes from Sharpe's Fortress — Bernard Cornwell

born 1944 England

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The defenders were hunted down and killed. Even when they tried to surrender, they were killed, for their fortress had resisted and that was the fate of garrisons that showed defiance.

Sharpe's Fortress (1999)

Our duty, Richard, is to be decorative and stay alive long enough to be promoted. But no one expects us to be useful! Good God! A junior officer being useful? That'll be the day.

Sharpe's Fortress (1999)

You're a light company, and that means you can go where other soldiers can't. It makes you an elite. You know what that means? It means you're the best men in the bloody army, and right now the army needs its best men. It needs you.

Sharpe's Fortress (1999)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Bernard Cornwell (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.