The poor fellow had never been cut out to be a villain.
T.H. WhiteIf it takes a million years for a fish to become a reptile, has Man, in our few hundred, altered out of recognition?
T.H. White[Kay] was not at all an unpleasant person really, but clever, quick, proud, passionate and ambitious. He was one of those people who would be neither a follower nor a leader, but
only an aspiring heart, impatient in the failing body which imprisoned it.
So Merlyn sent you to me," said the badger, "to finish your education. Well, I can only teach you two things -- to dig, and love your home. These are the true end of philosophy.
T.H. WhiteTags: wisdom education philosophy home
He knew suddenly that nobody, living upon the remotest, most barren crag in the ocean, could complain of a dull landscape so long as he would lift his eyes. In the sky there was a new landscape every minute, in every pool of the sea rocks, a new world.
T.H. WhiteIt is difficult to write about a real person.
T.H. WhitePeople will do the basest things on account of their so-called honour.
T.H. WhiteTags: pride reputation legalism
The author says people are guilty of "wrecking the present because the future was bound to be a wreck.
T.H. WhiteMiddle-aged people can balance between believing in God and breaking all the commandments without difficulty.
T.H. WhiteTags: self-delusion obedience dissonance discipleship
It is generally the trustful and optimistic people who can afford to retreat. The loveless and faithless ones are compelled by their pessimism to attack.
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