Frans G. Bengtsson Quotes

“Mulled ale for the frozen man,And mulled ale for the weary:For mulled ale is the body's friendAnd makes the sick heart merry.”

“Mulled ale for the frozen man,And mulled ale for the weary:For mulled ale is the body's friendAnd makes the sick heart merry.”

“Ale, man, Ale's the stuff to drink,for fellows whom it hurts to think.”

“There is more food in a pennyworth of bread than in a gallon of ale.”

“The Prancer stepped back and studied her for a moment. Then, with a gleam in his eye, he said, 'All unicorns know the Land. Few humans do. But no unicorn knows how to brew ale.''I’m glad humans have some use.''Only those who can brew ale.”

“I have great affection for you, Roy" I answered, "but I don't think you are the sort of person I'd care to have breakfast with.”

“Realism is knowing fantasy and reality intersect constantly. Realism is living with the awareness that every act changes the world.”

“Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.”

“He was her father after all. True, a father whose funeral rite she planned to dance at and toast with ale, but her father just the same.”

“What I am interested in, what I write and care about, exists in the slow lane, somewhere between hand-ploughed fields and a pint of real ale.”

“Sweat, scalded meat, puke, blood, smoke and a dozen kinds of bad ale and wine: the bouquet of civilized nightlife”