If you are fated, it doesn’t matter if you choose or not. You simply have the illusion of being free to choose.
I have no interest in peace. Peace is a dirty word.
Nothing is ever permanent. Everything is always changing. Shifting. What is real today might not be real tomorrow. But sometimes, we have to help it to shift.
In the name of our dead father, in the name of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of our country, and in the name of Odin, we declare war on the whole world.
The mind is a far better warrior than the sword.
What is it about the word king that makes even reasonable people behave like idiots?
In time, the name of Ragnar Lothbrok will fade and be forgotten. No one will ever forget Ivar the Boneless.
Hatred must never take the place of love.
You two have to understand that it is harder for me to share and to stake my claim. I truly want to be your equal but in order for me to do so, I have to do better than you. I have to make you forget that I’m a cripple.[to Ubbe and Hvitserk]
When our father took me to England and was imprisoned by King Ecbert, I played chess with Prince Alfred. Now I would like to play chess with him again, only this time, on the battlefield.[to Hvitserk]
My fellow gods, at last, allowed me to see my fate. Now all of my brothers are against me. Now I know I’m the chosen one.
The gods never had children with humans.
