Sharpe/Quotes
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"I was a sergeant once. I was the best god-damned bloody sergeant in the god-damned bloody army."
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"Sharpe's a killer. Killed three French cavalrymen and saved Wellesley's life. Three seconds, slash, cut, thrust. And that's while he was still a Sergeant."
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He offered Sharpe the ghost of a smile; an acknowledgement of how many battlefields the two men had shared across the years. A more perceptive man than Sharpe might have read some message in The Duke's seeking the companionship of a veteran soldier, but Sharpe merely felt his usual awkwardness when he was in the company of his old commanding officer.
—Sharpe's Waterloo
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"Lovers lie to each other, and yet they still make love."
—Sharpe to Theresa, at their first meeting.
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