Thomas Malory Quotes

Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place; and men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the holy cross.

What, nephew, said the king, is the wind in that door?

Always Sir Arthur lost so much blood that it was a marvel he stood on his feet, but he was so full of knighthood that knightly he endured the pain.

For, as I suppose, no man in this world hath lived better than I have done, to achieve that I have done.

The month of May was come, when every lusty heart beginneth to blossom, and to bring forth fruit.

And much more am I sorrier for my good knights' loss than for the loss of my fair queen; for queens I might have enough, but such a fellowship of good knights shall never be together in no company.

The joy of love is too short, and the sorrow thereof, and what cometh thereof, dureth over long.

The very purpose of a knight is to fight on behalf of a lady.

We shall now seek that which we shall not find

Wit thou well that I will not live long after thy days.

For as well as I have loved thee heretofore, mine heart will not serve now to see thee; for through thee and me is the flower of kings and knights destroyed.

The sweetness of love is short-lived, but the pain endures.

Queen Guenever, for whom I make here a little mention, that while she lived she was a true lover, and therefore she had a good end.

With that truncheon thou hast slain a good knight, and now it sticketh in thy body.

I shall bere your noble fame, for ye spake a grete worde and fulfilled it worshipfully.