Beowulf Fate Quotes

Fate will unwind as it must!

Fate goes ever as fate must.

Wyrd oft nered unfaegne, eorl, ponne his ellen deah. Often, for undaunted courage, fate spares the man it has not already marked.

But to elude death is not easy: attempt it who will, he shall go to the place prepared for each of the sons of men, the soul-bearers dwelling on earth, ordained them by fate: laid fast in that bed, the body shall sleep when the feast is done.

Grendel was the name of this woe-walker, Unlucky, fucked by Fate. He'd been living rough for years, ruling the wild: the mere, the fen, and the fastness, his kingdom. His creation was cursed under the line of Cain, the kin-killer. The Lord, long ago, had taken Abel's side. Though none of that was Grendel's doing, he'd descended from bloodstains.

The veteran king sat down on the cliff-top. He wished good luck to the Geats who had shared his hearth and his gold. He was sad at heart, unsettled yet ready, sensing his death. His fate hovered near, unknowable but certain: it would soon claim his coffered soul, part life from limb

Fate goes ever as fate must.

Fate oft saveth a man not doomed to die, when his valour fails not.