Sons of Thunder Quotes

“It's difficult to hate a broken man,no matter the previous misdeeds.”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“HAVE YOU EVER sailed in a longship? Not a stubby, robust knörr laden with trade goods and wallowing like a packhorse across the sea, but a sleek, deathly quick, terror-stirring thing – a dragon ship. Have you ever stood at the bow with the salt wind whipping your hair as Rán’s white-haired daughters cream beneath the beast’s strong, curving chest? Have you travelled the whale road with wind-burnt warriors whose rare skill with axe and sword is a gift from mighty Óðin, Lord of War? Men whose death work feeds the wolf and the eagle and the raven? I have done all this. It has been my life and though it would make those skirt-wearing White Christ followers sick with disgust (and fear, I shouldn’t wonder) I have been happy with my lot. For some men are born closer to the gods than others. By the well of Urd, beneath one of the roots of the great life tree Yggdrasil, the Norns, those sisters of fate, of present and future, take the threads of men’s lives and weave them into patterns full of pain and suffering, glory and riches, and death. And their ancient fingers must have tired at the spinning of my life.”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“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

“A wise man doesn't allow his best hunting hound to overeat himself.”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“Only a foul allows his blade to dull, but, also, to let the rusting stain to appear on it before cleaning.”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“An oath can wear down, like the soles on your shoes...”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“For that amount of silver, even the brothers would slit each others neck”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“Facta non verba - Deeds, not words”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“She's lost like the coin that rolls in the tavern.”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“...it seems that you're fancy sniffing around, like the pigs seeking the root, so I shall help you to find acorn.”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“Cucullus non facit monachum - Robe doesn't make a monk.”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“Sometimes you need to grease your sword, so you can draw it easily out of sheet.”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“We can't burst into the king's hall like the bear in a cave.”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“Fiat voluntas Dei - God wills it”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“In somnis veritas - In dreams is the truth”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“It's not wrong to lit the fire to warm yourself when you're away from your own home.”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“The owners don't live their animals wander freely just because they think that nobody will steal them.”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“Auribus tebeo lupum - I hold the wolf by the ears”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“A man's honor is like an equaled and balanced pelvic scales. Never should we allow that balance to be disrupted because you're no longer equal with the others and all will only talk disrespectful about your family”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“A wolf must find a lair.”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“...the brotherhood is an honor, forged from oath, strong as a bear, swift as the dragon's ship and vengeful as the sea.”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“A man who puts his hand into wolf's mouth should not be surprised if he eats his next meal with just one hand”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“We cannot fall into mindlessness out of agitation”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“Only a fool would challenge the bull with a sharp stick”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“A man's fate is always shrouded by fog”
― Giles Kristian, Sons of Thunder

“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