The 13th Warrior * Quotes

"Merciful Father, I have squandered my days with plans of many things. This was not among them. But at this moment, I beg only to live the next few minutes well. For all we ought to have thought, and have not thought; all we ought to have said, and have not said; all we ought to have done, and have not done; I pray thee, God, for forgiveness."

Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: "How can you sleep at a time like this?"
Herger the Joyous: "The All-Father wove the skein of your life a long time ago. Go and hide in a hole if you wish, but you won't live one instant longer. Your fate is fixed. Fear profits a man nothing."

[after the Oracle cast the bones and picks out the 13th]
Melchisidek: "She says the 13th warrior must be no Northman."
Ibn Fahdlan: "What the hell are you saying?"
Melchisidek: "The 13th warrior... is you."

Melchisidek: "He wants to know your name."
Ibn Fahdlan: "My name is Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan Ibn Al Abbas Ibn Rashid Ibn Hamad."
Herger the Joyous: "Eben?"
Ibn Fahdlan: "No, listen, My name is Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan. "Ibn" means "son of"."
Herger the Joyous: "Eben!"

"It's all right, little brother... there are more!"

Herger the Joyous: "Where did you learn our language?"
Ibn Fahdlan: "I listened!"

Herger the Joyous: "When they come, we form a circle in the center of the room, backs to one another."
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: "I am not a warrior."
Herger the Joyous: "Very soon, you will be."