“ Another revolution around the sun and I was still no closer to getting home. Laying on my lumpy mattress in my blood-stained shirt and dusty jeans with my arm over my eyes, I tried to imagine I was ly… Allison Sipe
“ Then this is for you," Galahad said, and drew a knife from the pouch at his belt. It was an odd little thing, T-hilted and small enough to fit into a woman's hand. Its translucent blade, only an inch… Suzannah Rowntree
“ I did not do it for you, sire." Gawain was deadly serious now. "Death comes to us and all mortals. I shall still lose you one day. But Logres! The only perfection under heaven would fall if I could no… Suzannah Rowntree
“ Sir Ector looked into the fire, fidgeting with something in his pocket. "I have something for you," he said at last. "It was your mother's." And he drew out the thing in his pocket and held it up to h… Suzannah Rowntree
“ Oh, Perceval, a falcon is born to hunt, and so are you. One day you will hunt indeed--but not yet." "Why? Am I not ready?"She looked at him sadly and said, "Give me a little longer. Suzannah Rowntree
“ A knight will give a lady a ring from his hand and take a kiss from her lips, when he wishes to love her and serve her all his days," she recited, as she had when he was small. She pulled the ring fro… Suzannah Rowntree
“ Do not deceive yourself, Gawain. There are black places in the heart of every man. Suzannah Rowntree
“ He grinned. “Do not fear. I am here to serve you, as I promised.” Despite the fit of schoolgirl giggles that had seized her in Carbonek when he first proposed to be her knight, his assurance annoyed h… Suzannah Rowntree
“ There was carpet under Blanchefleur’s feet and the scent of clean and delicate things in her nostrils—perfume, babies, soap, and tea. Homesickness hit her like a clenched fist; this was worse than mem… Suzannah Rowntree
“ It was like listening to the universe in motion. Planets spinning on their appointed courses, the lives of men intersecting and parting, the unimaginable harmony of the human body itself in hierarchy… Suzannah Rowntree
“ I have fled from the wilderness fasting, with woe and unflagging travail,I have sought for the light on the mountain, and skirted the devilish dale. I have laid my mouth in the dust, and begged the Mi… Suzannah Rowntree
“ How you must hate Logres,” she said in a dry mouth. “Hate Logres?” He leaned back in his chair, shaking his head. “There is an anger that is deserved, Blanche. Tell me. Look me in the eye, if you can,… Suzannah Rowntree
“ Perceval said to the Grail Knight: “Will you break a spear with me this day?” He did not expect Galahad to look down on him from Lancelot’s immense height and say, gently, as if he knew it must disapp… Suzannah Rowntree
“ In the dim sunset Perceval looked the glade over and said, “Does your lady wife think so little of sending you out on deadly errands?” Sir Gareth unstrapped the blanket from behind his saddle. “It’s o… Suzannah Rowntree
“ Blanchefleur felt a quick rush of affection for her. When the world frowned, Branwen went on smiling. There was a heart of steel under all that froth and bubble. Suzannah Rowntree
“ I mean,” he said, “that by your own showing, the greatest threat to heaven comes from within the ranks of the angels themselves. Before you can prove to me that heroes can defeat villains with nothing… Suzannah Rowntree
“ The combination of razor-sharp wit (completely real) and his credentials (completely fake) had won them over in the end. Priya Ardis
“ The last declaration he'd made to me hung between us. The L word. The one that had nothing to do with like. Priya Ardis
“ Plus, I happened to be a history nerd. Why else would I be interested in a guy born in the year 519? Priya Ardis
“ You'll get fired if anyone finds out about us!""So many rules in this century," Vane muttered. Priya Ardis
