Tom Fordham

“The unwise man is awake all night,
and ponders everything over;
when morning comes he is weary in mind,
and all is a burden as ever.”
― Hávamál

“I have often suspected that Loki, the trickster god, invented Christianity because it has his wicked stench all over it. I can imagine the gods sitting in Asgard one night, all of them bored and probably drunk, and Loki amuses them with a typical piece of his nonsense, "Let’s invent a carpenter," he suggests, "and tell the fools that he was the son of the only god, that he died and came back to life, that he cured blindness with lumps of clay, and that he walked on water!" Who would believe that nonsense? But the trouble with Loki is that he always takes his jests too far.”
― Bernard Cornwell

“For he was a gentle heart and a great king and kept his oaths; and he rose out of the shadows to a last fair morning.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“You should always plan your battles form the enemy's point of view.”
― Bernard Cornwell, The Flame Bearer