Quotes from Gerald Morris

Yes, Father. They have the bravest hearts, the noblest souls, and the shiniest armor in all the world.""Shiniest armor?" repeated King Ban.

Lynet scowled. "I'm just so tired of young knights wearing their father's armor and dreaming romantic dreams riding up to their death.

There's never any reason to trust someone. If there's a reason, then it's not trust. -Terence

There's never a reason to trust someone. If there's a reason, then it's not trust.

Brave? Or stupid?" Roger shrugged. "I've never been quite sure where brave stopped and stupid began, myself.

He expects us to kill him," Palomides said to Dinadan. "Some people are so demanding," Dinadan replied. "Considering we've only just met, I mean.

I said you lie, knave!" shouted Beaumains, drawing his sword. "And for telling such craven falsehoods, you must die!" The knight looked plaintively at Roger. "What's wrong with this fellow?" "He was dropped on his head when he was a baby," answered Roger.

Don't make yourself so special," the dwarf said with a snort. "As if getting lost was some trick that only women knew. I've known men who could get lost in their own bedrooms. The only difference is that men with no sense of direction don't brag about it, the way women do.

I have this recurring nightmare where I'm lost in a strange forest, and my only hope is your sense of direction. Enough to give a fellow the sweats, it is.

They've named the well after you." "How did they know my name?" "They don't. They invented one.

The next day, to the joy of all of Arthur's court, Sir Gareth was wed to the fair Lady Lyonesse of Cornwall. All who beheld the couple declared that ne'er had so handsome a knight wed so beautiful a maiden. At the same time, Sir Gaheris was wedded to the Lady Lynet, younger sister to the Lady Lyonesse. They looked alright too.

Which do you hate more: breaking your word or dying?" "I don't know. I've never done either.

Very well. I shall try to think like an idiot.

How did they know that I was the one who saved them?" "They don't. You're the third knight they've celebrated over since it happened.

Lynet scowled. "I'm just so tired of young knights wearing their father's armor and dreaming romantic dreams riding up to their death.

I am my own damned princess!

Whatever you seize for yourself is worthless. Only what is given you has value.

Once she exclaimed, "But I always thought that sorceresses were evil!" "What do you mean 'evil'?" Lynet has never considered the question. "You know," she said, after a moment, "unfriendly to people." "People!" repeated Morgana derisively. "As if humans were all that mattered. Just once I'd like to see people judged by how friendly they are to sorceresses.

Adventure is something that happens to someone else. When it's happening to you, it's only trouble.

If you want to know a king, see how he treats his defeated foes. All are gracious to their equals; one in a thousand is gracious to an enemy he has conquered.

I must be alive," Gawain said hoarsely. "Dead doesn't hurt this much.

Why, he was so handsome and brave that no one would ever have suspected that he was bookish!

There are other ways of knowing than just through reason.

Thank you, Father," Sir Lancelot replied gratefully. "But ... er ... Father?" "Yes, Lancelot?" "You didn't say anything about my armor. Is it not shiny enough?