100 Best Quotes from The Last Kingdom

Destiny isn’t the only thing that has viewers on the edge of their seats when it comes to The Last Kingdom. People also can’t get enough of all the quotable moments in this series.

The Last Kingdom is a historical drama based on the novel series The Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell. The story follows Uhtred of Bebbanburg as he fights to recapture his ancestral land.

With the release of The Last Kingdom‘s final season, it’s time for all of us to take a look at some quotes from the series. Here’s the scoop on the best quotes from The Last Kingdom!

1. “My journey continues. My paths leads north to blood fields. To revenge and to Bebbanburg. Destiny is all.” — Uhtred

2. “We can be enemies or lovers. We can suffer or we can rule.” — Skade

3. “Whatever I discover about my enemies is written down.” — Alfred

4. “Revenge will not bring you peace, only death.” — Beocca

5. “I do not seek battles. Battles just seem to seek me.” — Uhtred

6. “Fear is within all of us. As is strength” – Alfred 

7. “Land and silver is what all men desire and I’m no different” – Uhtred

8. “You are a fine and true young man who will one day be a mighty king.” – Aethelhelm

9. “Courage is finding the will to overcome your fear, nothing More.” – Uhtred

10. “Aethelwold, you’re as much a warrior as you are a King.” — Uhtred

11. “The truth of a man lies not in the land of his birth, but in his heart. A king must be a king on his own terms. He cannot be his father, he can only be himself” – Uhtred

12. “Fear can be expelled with knowledge” – Alfred

13. “Soon, all of the kings in England shall be kings of nothing.” — Ravn

14. “I have given half my life to Wessex. I will give no more.” — Uhtred

15. “I prefer the company of the Gods to stupid men.” — Brida

16. “Not everybody enjoys a fool.” — Brida

17. “The future is fate, it won’t change.” — Uhtred

18. “When one side seeks to destroy the other, you must choose in order to survive.” — Sigtryggr

19. “It’ll take some time to make her right, which means she’ll be expensive.” – Smith

20. “If she’s right, I’ll pay in silver. How much?” – Uhtred

21. “Eight, and I’ll make her my finest.” – Smith

22. “Eight, and if she’s not your finest, you’ll be her first.” – Uhtred

23. “I’ve given her some beauty, but she is a tool, no more, no less.” – Smith

24. “She’s exactly as I’d hoped. We said ten?” – Uhtred

25. “We said eight.” – Smith

26.  “She’s worth ten. – Uhtred

27. “What binds a man to his land? What power within allows him to give his life to preserve his land and the lives of the families who work it? It can only be love.” — Uhtred

28. “Not every sword stroke is a kill! A kill is something you must fashion.” — Uhtred

29. “I want them to know that I am alive. I need them to know that I’m alive because they hold what’s mine.” — Uhtred

30. “A good King relies upon good advice.” — Alfred

31. “We are one, you and I. From the moment I took your hand on the steps of the great hall of Eoferwic, we were bound as one.” — Uhtred

32. “I fear no number of kneeling clergymen will change what a heathen’s axe has already decreed.” — Odda

33. “I would rather be at the top of a hill than on the flat.” — Alfred

34. “If your God’s with you, you’re a lucky man.” — Uhtred

35. “God created everything that surrounds me, the fields, rivers, the forests. The land is my church.” — Uhtred

36. “Ragnar, look around you. We’re enemies, bound only by greed.” – Uhtred

37. “It does not matter what they call us, so long as they obey.” — Uhtred

38. “Without their King, there is no hope.” – Guthrum

39. “It does not matter what they call us, so long as they obey.” — Uhtred

40. “Do not sleep tonight. You may not wake.” – Uhtred

41. “You will never be rid of me. Accept it. Accept me.” — Skade

42. “There’s no justice here. Only the church.” — Uhtred

43. “To Uhtred, the true Lord of Bebbanburg. A man I have never understood, but without whom I would not die a king.” — Alfred

44.  “The heathen cares only for personal gain.” — Alfred

45. “Good to see you again, Brida.” – Leofric

46. “How did you manage to get such a big head into such a small helmet?” – Brida

47. “It was necessary.” – Leofric

48. “The priest doesn’t lie. Despite him being a priest.” — Uhtred

49. “The act of committing ink to parchment gives a deed permanence.” — Alfred

50. “A country is its history, the sum of all its stories, we are what our fathers made us.” — Alfred

51. “The promises you have made will stand. Blood feuds last a lifetime. What you do, arseling, is you keep living each day until the last.” — Leofric

52. “To fight, men need a lord who can lead them into battle without fear.” — Uhtred

53. “To advise a king is a great honor. But it can also be a curse.” — Beocca

54. “Lord, you cannot simply execute your subjects as you please. This is the ninth century.” – Aldhelm

55. “Beocca… You should wash out your mouth.” – Alfred

56. “Yes Lord, I will. With ale.” – Beocca

57. “Nothing finishes an evening in an alehouse so well as a fight.” — Uhtred

58. “One path looks like another.” — Uhtred

59. “Hey, why do I always have to pretend to be the virgin?” – Osferth

60. “Because no one would believe I am the virgin.” – Uhtred

61. “Wessex, Mercians, all Christians. This will bring them together.” – Brida

62. “Then you will have united the Saxons. Alfred would be very proud!” – Haesten

63. “That day I asked her why you left us. And she said that you fought because you believed in a cause. Not for God, or the gods, or for Saxons, or for Danes, but to keep safe the people that you love.” – Young Uhtred

64. “To Uhtred of Mercia! Finally, he can pay us some money!” – Finan

65. “I very much doubt it.” – Pyrlig

66. .”She said that is why you will always have the strength to stand up when others fall and to go on when those around you say it is hopeless. It is why these men love you and will follow you wherever you go… as will I.” – Young Uhtred

67. “Brida, I see you’ve swallowed yet another wasp.” – Beocca

68. “Dane boy, who looks like a rat.” – Beocca

69. “I am Sihtric.” – Sihtric

70. “She asks for your help not because you are her oathman, Uhtred, but because you are the man that she trusts the most.” – Beocca

71. “Say nothing.” – Uhtred

72. “I won’t so much as fart in your direction, Lord.” – Finan

73. “I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred.” – Uhtred

74. “I will take revenge on all those who have betrayed me and I will not rest until they suffer at my hand.” – Brida

75. “I hoped the silence meant that she had found peace.” – Uhtred

76. “Most forgot her. I did not.” – Uhtred

77. “Some say I came to see you.” – Aethelfaed

78. “I wish that were true, but I think it is not.” – Uhtred

79. “What is this madness?” – Sigtryggr

80. “It is not madness to honor the gods.” – Brida

81. “You do not speak for the gods. Our gods do not need a priestess!” – Sigtryggr

82. “I will spare her life if you bring me Uhtred.” – Brida

83. “I believe you will not see the spring.” – Eadith

84. “Do not be afraid, brother, she’s here to save us.” – Rǫgnvaldr

85. “The gods will not forget what you’ve done in their name.” – Stiorra

86. “Hold your tongue or my men will cut it out for you.” – Brida

87. “You have taken my city and murdered my people. You will face me.” – Stiorra

88. “Let her death be a warning to all of you who would stand beside the Dane slayer‘s daughter.” – Brida

89. “Perhaps you’re afraid the gods will favor me?”  – Stiorra

90. “You know nothing of the gods.” – Brida

91. “They should reach Grimesby by Sunday, then Bebbanburg on the Day of Ascension.” – Sable

92. “When is Ascension?” – Uhtred

93. “Ten days before Pentecost.” – Sable

94. “Two weeks from now.” – Sable

95. “I rode for peace and Sigtryggr has repaid us with more bloodshed.” – Edward

96. “You must be the one to do it.” – Sigtryggr

97. “They will cheer for you in Valhalla. And I will sing for you here on earth.” – Stiorra

98. “I will wait for you in the halls of our ancestors. Will you find me?” – Sigtryggr

99. “To Uhtred, the true Lord of Bebbanburg. A man I have never understood, but without whom I would not die a king.” – Alfred

100. “Every lord is the hero of his own songs.” – Uhtred

If you enjoyed reading these quotes, you’re in luck because Netflix is developing a film that will serve as a sequel to the series.

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