Grendel Quotes

“Tedium is the worst pain.”

“"It is I," I say. "The Destroyer."”

“"Hey!" he yelled. A forgivable lapse.”

“Nihil ex nihilo, I always say.”

“"That night, for the first time, I saw men."”

“I am mad with joy.--At least I think it's joy.”

“Something is coming, strange as spring. I am afraid.”

“I understood at last the look in his eyes. He was insane.”

“"Such is life," I said, and mocked a sigh. "Such is dignity."”

“"I sing of walls," I howl. "Hooray for the hardness of walls!"”

“"Poor Grendel's had an accident," I whisper. ''"So may you all."”

“The trees are dead. The days are an arrow in a dead man's chest.”

“"Importance is derived from the immanence of infinitude in the finite."”

“Terrible, he whispers. Terrible. He laughs and lets out fire.”

“And so begins the twelfth year of my idiotic war. The pain of it! The stupidity!”

“Grendel is crazy,
O,O,O!
Thinks old Hrothgar
Makes it snow!”

“O happy Grendel! Fifteen glorious heroes, proud in their battle dress, fat as cows!”

“Pity poor Hrothgar,
Grendel's foe!
Pity poor Grendel,
O,O,O!”

“Pity poor Grengar,
Hrothdel's foe!
Down goes the whirlpool:
Eek! No, no!”

“(Talking, talking. Spinning a web of words, pale walls of dreams, between myself and all I see.)”