Quotes from James Goldman

I know. You know I know. I know you know I know. We know Henry knows, and Henry knows we know it. We're a knowledgeable family.

He came down from the North to Paris with a mind like Aristotle's and a form like mortal sin. We shattered the Commandments on the spot.

I've given up the looking glass; quicksilver has no sense of tact.

Give me a little peace. A little? Why so modest? How about eternal peace? Now, there's a thought.

Geoffrey: Why, you chivalric fool—as if the way one fell down mattered. Richard: When the fall is all there is, it matters.

I've snapped and plotted all my life. There's no other way to be a king, alive and fifty all at the same time.

In a world where carpenters get resurrected, everything is possible.

John: "Poor John. Who says poor John? Don't everybody sob at once! My God, if I went up in flames there's not a living soul who'd pee on me to put the fire out!" Richard: "Let's strike a flint and see.

Well, what family doesn't have its ups and downs?

Nothing in life has any business being perfect.

Of course he has a knife, he always has a knife, we all have knives! It's 1183 and we're barbarians!

I even made poor Louis take me on Crusade. How's that for blasphemy? I dressed my maids as Amazons and rode bare-breasted halfway to Damascus. Louis had a seizure and I damn near died of windburn... but the troops were dazzled.

I want Poetry and Power and the young men who create it.

I've plotted and schemed all my life. There is no other way to be a King, fifty and alive all at once.

We have each other and for all I know that's what hope is.

You love nothing. You are incomplete. The human parts of you are missing. You're as dead as you are deadly.

You never loved anyone who loved you back.

Henry: I am sorry you're not fonder of me, lad. Your father always said, "Be fond of stronger men." Philip: No wonder he loved everyone.

Alais: You saved them. You maneuvered it. Eleanor: Did I? Alais: They're free because of you. They'll kill him one day; you know that Eleanor: The next time or the next Alais: You always win, Maman. Eleanor: Except the prize.

Dear me, whatever shall we do with mother?

I know. You know I know. I know you know I know. We know Henry knows and Henry knows we know it. We're a knowledgeable family.