Bernard Cornwell Quote

"The Major's a grand big fellow, so he is."
"So what are we? The damned?"
"We're that, sure enough, but we're also Riflemen, sir. You and me, we're the best God-damned Soldiers in the world."


Sergeant Patrick Harper and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe, p. 262 - Sharpe (Novel Series) - Sharpe's Rifles (1988)


The Major's a grand big fellow, so he is. So what are we? The damned? We're that, sure enough, but we're also Riflemen, sir. You and me, we're the...

The Major's a grand big fellow, so he is. So what are we? The damned? We're that, sure enough, but we're also Riflemen, sir. You and me, we're the...

The Major's a grand big fellow, so he is. So what are we? The damned? We're that, sure enough, but we're also Riflemen, sir. You and me, we're the...

The Major's a grand big fellow, so he is. So what are we? The damned? We're that, sure enough, but we're also Riflemen, sir. You and me, we're the...