Life is about suffering. There’s no escape from it. That’s the truth. What’s important is how we deal with suffering, how we deal with the truth.
I was never the usurper, always the usurped.[to Aslaug]
Don’t talk of mistakes! We all make mistakes. Sometimes for bad reasons, and sometimes for good ones.
If the gods don’t protect me, then who can?
I never forget anything.[to Aslaug]
You couldn’t kill me if you tried for a hundred years.
The truth can be a bad choice for a wise man.
The future is open. Trust in the gods. Live for each moment.
Ragnar, do you see this? Are you watching this? This is our dream.
You and I both know the outcome of this battle has already been decided. But not by men. By the other women who spin our fates.[to Gunnhild]
Yes, we will all die. But not necessarily when the bandits attack us.[Woman: Lagertha, it doesn’t matter what we do. We can’t beat the bandits. You know that. We will all die.]
I don’t want to leave my country and my home. I am tired of fighting. And yet, let’s do it. Let’s go to England.
