The sword was not the kingdom, he says.

Every boy dreams of serving in the Kingsguard.

All men are fools, and all men are knights where women are concerned.

Strength to your arm, then.

A great battle is a terrible thing, " the old knight said, "but in the midst of blood and carnage, there is sometimes also beauty, beauty that could break your heart.

Some words are wind, ser. Some are treason.

We are one. Man, horse, lance, we are one beast of blood and wood and iron.

Pride ill becomes a beggar, ser.

A sworn sworn owes his liege our service and obedience, but this is madness.

Even a hedge knight has his honor.

Would you rather die with honor intact or live with it besmirched?

That's the source of the meditation on death I've carried in my heart all my life.

Apollo?” I guessed…He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.”A god named Fred?

An army of stags led by a lion would be better than an army of lions led by a stag.

If I were to write the story of my life, I would shock the world.

There's always more to see.

I tend to approach things from a physics framework. And physics teaches you to reason from first principles rather than by analogy.

Oh, it were better to be a poor fisherman than to meddle with the government of men.

Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.

Before we start talking about genetic differences, you gotta come up with a system where there's equal opportunity.

What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!