"Let's go to Valhalla with the sun on our faces."
"You soon learn there’s no elegance or dignity in death if you spend time in the castle kitchens. You learn how ugly it is, and how good it tastes."
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Source: Mark Lawrence (2011). “Prince of Thorns”, p.89, Penguin
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