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A viking is born, my son, and never escapes his destiny. As some men love horses and others love hunting wolves, so a viking loves ships, every plank and rope of them, and he is never happy unless he is riding the track of the whale, treading the path of the gannet.

— Henry Treece Viking's Dawn (1955)

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Life is never sure, Harald. Whichever way a man turns, he thinks he might have done better to take the other path.

Viking's Dawn (1955)

Trust a horse before a hound, a hound before a lass — and a long ship before them all!

Viking's Dawn (1955)

Thunder threatens but may not strike;
Rain threatens but may blow over;
Wolf snarls but may not bite;
When Harald snarls, your life is over.

Viking's Sunset (1960)

The village on the fjord could do with a little gold, and some silks. It would not even object to a few pictures — provided, of course, that the artist had used real gold leaf in painting them!

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These berserks live in a closed world of conflict and brotherhood. It will be long before Knud Ulfson’s ears will be open to the voices of men, for he is in the battle-trance yet, and I doubt whether he could see his hand before his face. That is the way of berserks.

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