To Uhtred, the true Lord of Bebbanburg. A man I have never understood, but without whom I would not die a king.
The truth of a man lies not in the land of his birth, but in his heart.
The promises you have made will stand. Blood feuds last a lifetime. What you do, arseling, is you keep living each day until the last.
The priest doesn’t lie. Despite him being a priest.
The heathen cares only for personal gain.
The future is fate, it won’t change.
The crown of Wessex is all-important. Wessex and England are all-important. Matters of the heart are not.[to Edward]
The act of committing ink to parchment gives a deed permanence.
Sacrifice and penance are what separate us from the heathen.
Revenge will not bring you peace, only death.[to Uhtred]
One path looks like another.
Nothing finishes an evening in an alehouse so well as a fight.
