“Stories are all we have.”

“This is the beginning of something new for all of us.”

“Life moves on, whether or not we are a part of it.”

“What an exciting world we live in.”

“Perhaps she had come to the end of reason.”

“Ragnar was wrong. It is always a matter of blood.”

“The Lost Moment” begins right where “A New God” left us, with the self-anointed god Ivar ranting about his divinity…

“They whisper that I am weak. I fear they’re right.”

“I am being more honest with you than you have any right to expect.”

“I don’t want to leave my country and my home. I am tired of fighting, and yet, let’s do it. Let’s go to England.”

“I know only too well what happens next. This is not right. This is not how I imagined everything. But no doubt I am…

“I love women. Not just spiritually.”

“If we must fight then we must fight, but first let us discuss the alternatives.”

“We don’t have time to play games. The world is coming to an end.”

“It cannot be as bad as it looks.”

“So is this an interruption of your journey, or is it a part of it?”

“Too much knowledge is an agony. Prepare yourself.”

“Peace is a dirty word.”

“I am old enough to know that you can never say for sure what someone else will do.”