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41 " I made the sign of the Thorn. ‘Not your god of bramble and briar, lad,’ Gediens sneered. ‘Taranis, Master of War. That’s who loved your father. "
― Giles Kristian , Camelot (The Arthurian Tales, #2)
42 " Shh. There now, the pain will ease,' Arthur said. There was no abashment in him, no fear that his intimacies should be overheard by strangers. The unease belonged to us who trespassed with our eyes and ears. [...]'Leave the poor man alone, Arthur. For all the gods, let him die in peace. "
― Giles Kristian , Lancelot (The Arthurian Tales, #1)
43 " But nothing convinced people that a man was dead quite so much as his head being somewhere other than on the end of his neck. "
― Giles Kristian , Wings of the Storm (The Rise of Sigurd, #3)
44 " A wolf that eats peasant's sheep loses his teeth before the one that must hunt in the woods. "
― Giles Kristian , Odin's Wolves (Raven, #3)
45 " depending on luck is like wanting to hold the water in your hand "
― Giles Kristian , Winter's Fire (The Rise of Sigurd, #2)
46 " ...a tale is dry if we talk about it, without moistening the tongue. "
47 " We all screamed and hurled our spears, and it was devastating, for when a man with shoulders of iron from years of rowing launches a spear, it is not always stopped by flesh; sometimes it tears right through the body. "
― Giles Kristian , Sons of Thunder (Raven, #2)
48 " He may be a king,but sometimes even the most fruitful,sweet apple can give sour fruits "
49 " -Ice forest doesn't care about the glory.-A cat doesn't care about the sea, but, still, it will smell it in the air. "
50 " ...if you're telling a good story,you must never spoil it with a truth "
51 " The trouble is that you think too much when completely sober. Your thoughts fly inside your head, whether you called them or not, and they are more obvious as you try to ignore them. "
52 " ...every man with a bit of a brain in his head would chose a trade,instead of a fight "
53 " The beacon flames leapt high into the night sky, the crack and pop of the fire-ravaged wood carrying across the water which was dark but for the copper gloss which those flames cast a spear-throw distance out into the bay. And beside that ember-spewing fire, illuminated so that their spear blades and helmets and shield bosses glinted, stood a line of warriors. "
54 " ...the brotherhood is an honor, forged from oath, strong as a bear, swift as the dragon's ship and vengeful as the sea. "
55 " If a man doesn't know what's in the pot, he just becomes more hungry. "
56 " A wolf must find a lair. "
57 " A gift to a gift. "
― Giles Kristian , God of Vengeance (The Rise of Sigurd, #1)
58 " If a man doesn't know what's in the pot, he only gets hungrier. "
59 " We, men, know to kill and we think that makes us great, but the women posses born capability about how painful it is to give someone's life, so probably that's why they feel stronger the lose of a human being. They bury their husbands and keep living, and that makes them braver than us. "
― Giles Kristian , Blood Eye (Raven, #1)
60 " An open sea can tell you much about yourself, but that acknowledgement doesn't come easy, because you have to offer your life to the waves first. "