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.
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.
If the gods don’t protect me, then who can?
I was never the usurper, always the usurped.[to Aslaug]
I never forget anything.[to Aslaug]
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]
I am old enough to know that you can never say for sure what someone else will do.
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.]
Ragnar, do you see this? Are you watching this? This is our dream.
I’ve seen enough of war. I have seen enough of death. I have lost so many. I don’t want to be a public person anymore. I don’t want to be responsible. I desire to live a totally different kind of life.
