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Perhaps those historians who say that the vikings sailed simply because the herring on which they fed had moved to other places are as near as anyone else in solving the problem. But what we do know without any doubt is that they did sail and, in sailing, created a great sea tradition which we British have inherited from them; for the blood of Aun and Harald and Thorkell runs in our veins too.

— 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.

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

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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.

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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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