My advice to you, my violent friend, is to seek out gold and sit on it.

I had a chance. I knew I had no more than that. it's all a hero asks for.

We can get you a throne with snakes. I’ll stand next to you and roar at anybody who fails to grovel. Fear Kate Daniels. She is a mighty and terrible ruler. Grendel can anoint the petitioners with his vomit. It’ll be great . . .

It's not easy to kill a mountain goat. He thinks with his spine.