“Because there could not be peace, not while two tribes shared one land. One tribe must win. Even the nailed god cannot change that truth. And I was a warrior, and in a world at war the warrior must be cruel.” WorldTwoWarWinningLandWarriorTribes Author:Bernard Cornwell
“Men will gamble and plot and fight and fall, all for the winning of a trophy. A woman's heart, a piece of land, a kingdom, a lordship, a contract, a ship, an egg -- it hardly matters the which or the what, as soon as it is seen to be desired by one, another will make a prize of it.” MenHeartMatterDesireFallFightingWinningPiecesLandKingdomsShipsPlotPrizeEggsContractsGambleTrophiesLordship Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Remember in the forms of speech comes change Within a thousand years, and words that then Were well esteemed, seem foolish now and strange; And yet they spake them so, time and again, And thrived in love as well as any men; And so to win their loves in sundry days, In sundry lands there are as many ways.” MenWayYearsWellsSeemsRememberFormWinningLandStrangeThousandSpeechFoolishThousand Years Book:Troilus and Cressida Source: Troilus and Cressida