"You worked so hard for that book. You sacrificed so much. So many men... more than you could spare. Now all those people who were too scared to even say your name, they're downstairs tearing up the bar right now. Did you know that? And there's no one there to stop them."

"I can't imagine what it must feel like, having what you want so close, and it might as well be a million miles away."

"[about her blindness] I was like this since birth. I was lucky... I was already used to living like this."

"[about Eli] It's like he's protected somehow, like there's nothing that can touch him."

"Some will kill to have it. He will kill to protect it."

"Merciful Father, I have squandered my days with plans of many things. This was not among them. But at this moment, I beg only to live the next few minutes well. For all we ought to have thought, and have not thought; all we ought to have said, and have not said; all we ought to have done, and have not done; I pray thee God for forgiveness."

"[Ahmed has killed a 'beast'] It's all right, little brother... there are more!"

"[gives the Prince money after killing his henchman, Angus] See to your friend. He was a brave man."

"The All-Father wove the skein of your life a long time ago. Go and hide in a hole if you wish, but you won't live one instant longer. Your fate is fixed. Fear profits a man nothing."

"(watching the Viking funeral, as Herger translates into Greek) Lo there do I see my father; Lo there do I see my mother and my sisters and my brothers; Lo there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning. Lo, they do call to me, they bid me take my place among them, in the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live forever."

"Across seas of monsters and forests of demons we traveled. Praise be to Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate. May His blessing be upon pagan men who loved other Gods, who shared their food, and shed their blood. That His servant, Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan, might become a man, and a useful servant of God."

"[after learning he will be the 13th warrior] What the hell are you saying?"

"I do not enjoy heights!"