Boucliers Viking Quotes & Sayings

Author's Note
This is not so much an author's note as an author's reminder of what was printed in small type a few pages ago: This book is a work of fiction. I made it up.
Neither novels or their readers benefit from attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea that made-up stories can matter, which is sort of the foundational assumption of our species.
I appreciate your cooperation in this matter. — John Green

I advise all of the entrepreneurs that I know to attend at least one entrepreneurship event every week. The worst thing an entrepreneur can do is to confine his or herself to a cubby hole. — Vivek Wadhwa

Noblest of all dogs is the hot-dog; it feeds the hand that bites it. — Laurence J. Peter

Impossibly, I knew I could beat him. It wasn't fantasy. It was fact. — Pippa DaCosta

The Western States are nervous under the beginning change. Need is the stimulus to concept, concept to action. A half-million people moving over the country; a million more resting, ready to move; ten million more feeling the first nervousness. — John Steinbeck

I metaphor for sex, but she slapped my face and walked away when I asked. — Stephen King

I believe that regardless of how many people you've listened to or emulated over the years, your sound is you and what you really feel inside. — Clark Terry

Number 198 was wonderful too. Blake had watched a good-looking and ridiculously pretentious guy hit on Livia. The fancy man dropped expensive name after name as he showed her all his accessories. When he finally pulled out his wallet to show her a "highly desirable luxury credit card" Livia had rolled her eyes in Blake's direction with smile number 198. He'd had to swallow a snicker when he heard her tell the fancy man she was debt free and didn't even have credit cards.
Blake knew that was a lie because he'd seen her pay for tickets with a card at the train station. That made number 198 a secret joke between just the two of them. — Debra Anastasia

The figure hanging upside down at the top of the great hall had 'f'n had it' with the corpulent little blood dumplings! - Bats — Fred Barnett

The coin toss takes place at the center mark and involves not only the team captains, but also the referees. They all shake hands and smile like they're going to be getting along and they're all gentlemen. The reality is that this is a formality, and within a short span of time, the players will be yelling at the referees and each other. Most likely with some colorful language throw in. — Larry Edwards

I always thought that I was lazy because I could never tell if I was working or not. I was making things, which doesn't seem like work. — Ari Marcopoulos

When you're 13, you're still trying to figure out your style. — Bethany Mota

I still pinch myself that I ended up in Hollywood. And I am still surprised at the fans. — Verne Troyer