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21 " ...a warrior with one arm can be deadlier than the one with both hands, who is happy when holding a horn of mead in one hand, and a girl in another "
― Giles Kristian , God of Vengeance (The Rise of Sigurd, #1)
22 " A good voice is like a good sword or a good saga. It doesn't get made over night. It requires time. "
23 " A fox will kill every chicken in the coop just because it can do it. However, a wolf takes only one lamb, and the rest of the sheeps start to fear him "
― Giles Kristian , Odin's Wolves (Raven, #3)
24 " A warrior must learn to be patient,just like he must to learn wielding a sword and a shield "
25 " The sword isn't pretty as some of the others, but more important is the sharpness of the weapon itself, as well as the hand who wields it. "
― Giles Kristian , Blood Eye (Raven, #1)
26 " The gods help the man who helps himself, "
― Giles Kristian , Lancelot (The Arthurian Tales, #1)
27 " They say that the darkest hour sets in just before the sunset "
28 " A young man will kill without thought and rejoice the slaughter. But time usually muffles the flame in the heart, so it's likely that the older men will put his blade in the sheets, for he sees in adversary his own son, or even his possible brother in law. "
29 " The dark warrior jumped high into the air, his knees almost striking his chest, then landed in a crouch and leapt back up spinning around, his sword slicing the air. And I wondered how it was possible for him to move like that in mail...Beynor just stood there, rooted to the ground like an ash. "Heimdall's hairy ballsack," he said, "he's a giant flea! "
30 " Even war gods fear their wives, then, Sigurd reflected sourly. 'She is already warping my ear for taking three sons into the same fight,' Harald went on. 'If I took you too she would make what you did to Olaf look like a kiss on the cheek.' He frowned. 'Look now! Her eyes are into us like cat's claws. "
31 " Even the old hounds can bite. "
32 " a traitor doesn't know to think deep,although he's,in some way,quite cunning "
33 " could just make out the simple pattern, incised with meticulous care on the outward-facing side. A sun. Its rays streaking out all around. A blazing sun. The same, only smaller, as that which adorned Tormaigh’s breastplate of boiled leather. "
― Giles Kristian , Camelot (The Arthurian Tales, #2)
34 " You can go back the way you came, but that course in itself feels stale, for you merely re-live what has already been. "
― Giles Kristian , Sons of Thunder (Raven, #2)
35 " All good tale talkers know that they must let their listeners to hunger for new events. "
36 " The owners don't live their animals wander freely just because they think that nobody will steal them. "
37 " It's not wrong to lit the fire to warm yourself when you're away from your own home. "
38 " You've just called the vultures to this place and they're going to show themselves like the black cloud, which will blacken the sun. "
39 " If you have a bad taste in your mouth, it's better to spit it out. "
40 " He, who has the strength to fight, will not allow the adversary to take him that, which is the most honorable he has. "