Winter's Fire Quotes

“All good stories have parts, which make the crowd laugh.”
― Giles Kristian, Winter's Fire

“Does a hound care about to a fly's greeting?”
― Giles Kristian, Winter's Fire

“...a good laughter is a best way to worm the stomachs.”
― Giles Kristian, Winter's Fire

“My cock has been hiding since the day she arrived," Bjarni had said, but only when he was sure she was out of earshot, which was a full day after she left. "You worry for nothing brother," Bjorn had said, "for even a seiðr-wife (witch) cannot put a spell on something she can't see. It would be like trying to hit a louse with a spear-throw.”
― Giles Kristian, Winter's Fire

“A woman knows when a man wants her. It is all over him and it is in his eyes and it is not as if men even know how to hide it or even want to try.”
― Giles Kristian, Winter's Fire

“All the treasures in a place like that. The riches which make men build such walls to keep other men out.”
― Giles Kristian, Winter's Fire

“It seems to me your family has a talent for making enemies,’ Drífa said as she and Runa walked on.
Runa licked the blood from her cut palm. ‘That may be so, Drífa, but believe me when I say that we are not the kind of people you want for enemies.”
― Giles Kristian, Winter's Fire

“Blood for blood. Murder for murder, as is the way with these things.”
― Giles Kristian, Winter's Fire

“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.”
― Giles Kristian, Winter's Fire

“...silence is not denying.”
― Giles Kristian, Winter's Fire

“Patience is the weapon of a hunter.”
― Giles Kristian, Winter's Fire

“...a youth, who considers that he knows all, is needed a lesson about how he hasn't learned anything yet.”
― Giles Kristian, Winter's Fire

“...it's easier to make a promise than to keep it.”
― Giles Kristian, Winter's Fire

“Only a fool would wound a young boar and then turn his back and leave.”
― Giles Kristian, Winter's Fire

“...a reputation can be a weapon of it's own, a thin cold blade which cuts the enemy his womb while he can't sleep during the night.”
― Giles Kristian, Winter's Fire

“-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.”
― Giles Kristian, Winter's Fire

“...the days of his glory have passed like the waves behind stern.”
― Giles Kristian, Winter's Fire

“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.”
― Giles Kristian, Winter's Fire

“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

“He may be a king,but sometimes even the most fruitful,sweet apple can give sour fruits”
― Giles Kristian, Winter's Fire

“depending on luck is like wanting to hold the water in your hand”
― Giles Kristian, Winter's Fire