The Icelandic Sagas/Quotes
Quotes on the sagas:
"Erik Njorl, son of Hrothgar, leaves his home to seek Hangnor the Elder at the house of Thorvald Hlodvisson, the son of Gudleif, half-brother of Thorgeir, the priest of Ljosavatn. Who took to wife Thorunn, the mother of Thorkel Braggart, the slayer of Gudmund the Powerful, who knew Harold, son of Geirnund, son of Erik from Goddales, son of Arvald Bristlebeard, son of Hakon, who killed Grjotgard in Sognedal in Norway over Gudrid, daughter of Thorkel Long, the son of Ketil Trout, the half-son of Hallbjorn Halftroll, father of Ingvar the Brave, who wed Isenbert of Gottenberg the daughter of Hangbard the Fierce ..."
—Narration from Monty Python's Flying Circus, "Njorl's Saga" Invest in Malden
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Quotes from the sagas:
"These broad spears are becoming a fashion."
—Last words of Atli Ásmundarson, Saga of Grettir the Strong
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"I don't care for a monotonous life."
—Grettir the Strong
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"There's more in a human heart than money can buy."
—Grettir the Strong
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