kinsmen QUOTES

1 " I died for beauty but was scarceAdjusted in the tomb,When one who died for truth was lainIn an adjoining room.He questioned softly why I failed?" For beauty," I replied." And I for truth, the two are one;We brethren are," he said.And so, as kinsmen met a night,We talked between the rooms,Until the moss had reached our lips,And covered up our names. "

3 " A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so. "

― Chinua Achebe , Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)

5 " He lowered his voice. " You are a true shield-maiden; you do not turn from a scar on a man's face." I looked at him and did not lower my eyes. " My father was an ealdorman, and his brother ealdorman after him. He taught me that a scar is the badge of honour of the warrior, and this I believe." He regarded me for a long moment. " I think I am glad we did not face your father and his brother in battle," he said, " for they were of better stuff than what we have found here." In saying this, he gave my dead kinsmen much praise. I felt that praise came rarely from the Danes, and took a strange pleasure in hearing him say this. I did not speak, but he lifted his cup to me, and I again took up mine. - Sidroc the Dane to Ceridwen "