The Best Hrothgar Quotes

[first lines]
King: I want mead! Give me some mead, my queen!

King: I have spoken... I have spoken!

King: When I am gone, Beowulf, son of Edgethow, shall be king!

Beowulf: How many monsters must I slay? Grendel's mother, father, Grende's uncle? Must I hack down a whole family tree of demons?
King: She is the last of them. Whith her gone, demonkind will slip back into the darkness from whence it came.
Wiglaf: And where it belongs.
Beowulf: And the mother's mate? Where is Grendel's father?
King: Grendel's father can do no harm to man.

Wealthow: [after Grendel has attacked the Great Hall for the first time] What *was* that?
King: Grendel!

King: [referring to the Royal Dragon Horn, but looking at his Queen] I wonder how many men have died for love of her beauty.
Beowulf: Can you blame them?
King: If you destroy my Grendel for me, she'll be yours forever and ever and ever.
Beowulf: [takes the horn in his hands] You do me great honor.
Wealthow: [asuming they are talking about her] It is we who are honored.

King: Fight me! Fight me! You fight me, damn you.
Grendel: ...Nay.

King: Did you kill her?
Beowulf: Would you like to hear the story of my struggle against this monstrous hag?
King: She's no hag, Beowulf. We both know that. But answer me, did you kill her?
Beowulf: Would I have been able to escape her, had I not?
King: Grendel is dead. That's all that matter to me. He can bother me no more. The mother, the hag... She's not my curse, not anymore. Not anymore.

King: [Wealthow refuses to sleep with him] My kingdom needs an heir, I need a son! It's time you did your duty!
Wealthow: How could I ever lay with you, knowing you laid with her?
King: I should never have told you. I should never have told you.

King: [during Grendel's attack] A sword! Give me a sword!