A good King relies upon good advice.
A country is its history, the sum of all its stories, we are what our fathers made us.
You will see me again. If I die, I will haunt you to the end of your days.[Aethelflaed: But if I do not see you again…]
You let them take the lead, they reveal who their true leaders are. And then you take those men first.[to Brida]
You have plenty of insults for a man who can no longer wield a sword.[to Haesten]
Without their King, there is no hope.
Without my permission, you swore my men to a traitor. You led my armies into a battle I did not sanction. Your actions were not worthy of an aetheling. They were worthy of a king.[to Edward]
We carry our losses, but we journey onward.
We can be enemies or lovers. We can suffer or we can rule.[to Uhtred]
War is how a man takes his wealth, Earl Ragnar, it is the land and trade that makes it. And for the land and trade to flourish, there must be peace.
To see is to be wise.
To kill you would be to kill part of myself! We were bound as one! We were the same.[to Brida]