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61 " Even the wolf shall stand down when a villager sets down his hounds on him. "
― Giles Kristian , God of Vengeance (The Rise of Sigurd, #1)
62 " Craftiness is a better weapon than the sword. "
63 " Boys don’t become men tied to their mothers’ skirts,’ my father rumbled, lifting the jar to his lips and drinking deeply. ‘Boys don’t become men by having their heads bitten off by bad-tempered beasts,’ my mother said. "
― Giles Kristian , Lancelot (The Arthurian Tales, #1)
64 " We will survive, my son. And rise again. But you must shed the spoilt prince and become the man and you must do it this very night. "
65 " Young bloods. Always so eager to die, boy. Remember, there are plenty of ways to come across death, without going looking for it. "
66 " If you live some rat's nest alone for the time, when you look it again, you'll be deep in the knees with those creatures. "
― Giles Kristian , Winter's Fire (The Rise of Sigurd, #2)
67 " Ale makes fools of us all, young and old and everyone in between. "
68 " When you embark on the long journey by sea, do you eat all in a couple of days because you feel good with full stomach, or do you ration it so it lasts you until the end of the journey, or until you catch a prey? "
― Giles Kristian , Wings of the Storm (The Rise of Sigurd, #3)
69 " Only a fool would wound a young boar and then turn his back and leave. "
70 " A wise man makes a few oaths in his life and he never breaks it... "
― Giles Kristian , Odin's Wolves (Raven, #3)
71 " ...it's easier to make a promise than to keep it. "
72 " Does the tide ask a friendship from the coast, which shall be sink? "
73 " ...a golden necklace attracts warriors like the carrion to birds "
74 " You croak about battle, but don't see the whole situation. Like the mackerel which swim below keel and don't know that above it is an entire ship. "
75 " ...the days of his glory have passed like the waves behind stern. "
76 " We all change, Raven, like the stones consumed by the sea. "
77 " Fame kicks into boy's head faster than the mead, and we all know that a man can be killed if he's fighting full of drinks. "
78 " If I were you I would be proud. Such battle runes speak for us, Runa. They tell our tales as well as any skald. This rune of yours tells me that you are a survivor. A formidable young woman who possesses the strength for which you are named. "
79 " I'll rather fight for a young man in his rise, than for the old man who's perishing. "
80 " You can't feel the battle in your bones, so you won't know when the danger threatens you. "