Christian Cameron Quotes & Sayings

triremes with a half deck for carrying full sail and more sailors — Christian Cameron

Boys torment each other when there's nothing else to do and no Frenchmen to fight. — Christian Cameron

Sometimes, the gods are kind. And hubris is the worst of sins. — Christian Cameron

And for the rest, I remember little enough. Except that we were happy, and healthy, and in love.
It didn't last. Nothing worth having ever does. But it was the happiest time of my young life. — Christian Cameron

There's good things about wearing armour. One is that if your horse bounces you through deep brush, all that happens is that you get pine-needles in your visor. — Christian Cameron

Dandamis then looked at Alexander with pity. 'You have nothing I want,' he said. 'Once, you might have been a passable philosopher, but now you value no opinion save your own. You wander because you cannot bear to be still-you conquer because you cannot bear to rule. — Christian Cameron

I do not remember much of that illness, except that I woke to find my head in Emile's lap. She looked into my eyes.
'You are a fool,' she said. It was the nicest thing she'd said to me in two years. — Christian Cameron

...[Strive to be]... silent and cheerful. Grown men always tell you that this is the way of excellence, but they neglect to tell you that it is easier to be silent and dignified and cheerful when you are forty and have won ten battles. It's like getting women - much easier when you are too old to enjoy them - Killer of Men — Christian Cameron

How the gods must have laughed — Christian Cameron

But on the day after a defeat, the men who matter are the leaders. Anyone can lead men after a victory. Only the best can lead after a defeat. — Christian Cameron

Slave or free, a man is nothing but a pile of bones and flesh with blood in the middle. — Christian Cameron

A dead war horse is the single most expensive corpse you'll ever see. — Christian Cameron

...there is no such thing as a ferocious charge uphill. — Christian Cameron

had made us practise, in fact. Nearchos followed — Christian Cameron