Ragnar Volarus Quotes

"Mortals who plan die a thousand times. We who obey die but once."

"A man thinks he can fly, but he is afraid to jump. A poor friend pushes him from behind.” He looks up at me. “A good friend jumps with."

"I will not control. I will lead."

"She flew higher, and higher, till the air was thin and I could feel the cold in my bones. She was waiting for me to let go. To weaken. But she did not know that I tied my wrists together. That is as close to Allmother death as I have ever been."

"She was fast. So fast."

"we owe them a debt,” Ragnar says. “For Lorn, Quinn, Trigg. They came here to hunt us. Now we hunt them."

"Your father bought me, Aja. Shamed me. Made me his devil. A thing. The child inside fled. The hope vanished. I was Ragnar no more.” He touches his own chest. “But I am Ragnar today, tomorrow, forever more. I am son of the Spires, brother of Sefi the Quiet, brother of Darrow of Lykos, and Sevro au Barca. I am the Shield of Tinos. I follow my heart. And when yours beats no more, foul Knight, I will pull it from your chest and feed it to the griffin of the…"

"I always dreamed of a good death.” He shudders as he realizes again that he’s dying. “This does not seem good."

"No, Sefi,” he says, dropping the axe and taking snow in his left hand, her hand with his right. “Live for more."

"I will make a house for you in the Vale of your fathers. It will be beside my own."