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.

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.

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?

Three good men dead, to save a hedge knight's foot.

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

When a man is tired of New York he is tired of work. And thought. And cheesecake.

They take unbelievable pleasure in the hideous blast of the hunting horn and baying of the hounds. Dogs dung smells sweet as cinnamon to them.

Parents would rather have their son get all-state than his team win the state championship.

It is generally admitted that the most beautiful qualities of a color are in its transparent state, applied over a white ground with the light shining through the color.

Never buy anything that you can't illustrate on the back of a napkin.

The beet must be uprooted.

Evil deeds are the fruit of an evil heart. They are not an aberration from our true self but a revelation of it.

I think who you are in school really sticks with you.

Nothing is more important to England's arrangements for the World Cup than the state of David Beckham's foot.