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.
The main hallway of the Sternwood place was two stories high. Over the entrance doors, which would have let in a troop of Indian elephants, there was a broad stained-glass panel showing a knight in dark armor rescuing a lady who was tied to a tree and didn’t have any clothes on but some very long and convenient hair. The knight had pushed the vizor of his helmet back to be sociable, and he was fiddling with the knots on the ropes that tied the lady to the tree and not getting anywhere. I stood there and thought that if I lived in the house, I would sooner or later have to climb up there and help him. He didn’t seem to be really trying.
Raymond ChandlerTags: humor efficiency propriety rescue knights damsels
In medieval times, contrary to popular belief, most knights were bandits, mercenaries, lawless brigands, skinners, highwaymen, and thieves. The supposed chivalry of Charlemagne and Roland had as much to do with the majority of medieval knights as the historical Jesus with the temporal riches and hypocrisy of the Catholic Church, or any church for that matter. Generally accompanied by their immoral entourage or servants, priests, and whores, they went from tourney to tourney like a touring rock and roll band, sports team, or gang of South Sea pirates. Court to court, skirmish to skirmish, rape to rape. Fighting as the noble's substitution for work.
Tod WodickaTags: jesus pirates catholic-church chivalry thieves knighthood priests servants knights noblemen mercenaries medieval-life bandits brigands charlemagne highwaymen rock-and-roll-bands skirmishes sports-teams
Thatz: "Why'd you have to get him all worked up? He'll drag us into it.
Rune: "You're just lazy, Thatz.
Rune: "They're getting away!"
Thatz: "Our Dragon Knights honor is at stake! Let's get 'em!"
Rath: "'Dragon Knights honor'? Really?
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Large men in black plate mail with red cloaks and plumes don't sneak worth a damn.
Tanya HuffTags: armor stealth knights sneaking
I have seen too many men go down, and I never permit myself to forget that one day, through accident or under the charge of a younger, stronger knight, I too will go down.
John SteinbeckTags: acknowledgement heroic knights ups-and-downs
This was the moment he most loved about tourneying, that first glorious sortie with banners streaming, trumpets blaring, and the earth atremble with pounding hooves as hundreds of knights came together in a spectacular clash of sound and fury.
Sharon Kay PenmanI thought you were her knight, but you have become only her woodsman--taking little girls into the forest to cut out their hearts.
Holly BlackTags: girls hearts knights woodsmen
Fighting is better than this waiting,” Brienne said. “You don’t feel so helpless when you fight. You have a sword and a horse, sometimes an axe. When you’re armored it’s hard for anyone to hurt you.”
“Knights die in battle,” Catelyn reminded her.
Brienne looked at her with those blue and beautiful eyes. “As ladies die in childbed. No one sings songs about them.
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