“I am a failure in the world. I do not rule people, nor deceive them for the sake of power, nor try… — T.H. White Failure Copy Share Image
“The boy slept well in the woodland nest where he had laid himself down, in that kind of thin but refreshing sleep… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“My father always used to tell one of his dreams, because it somehow seemed of a piece with what was to follow.… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“There would be a day—there must be a day—when he would come back to Gramarye with a new Round Table which had… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“The best thing for being sad ... is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails. You may grow old… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“He was standing in the Inner Court, shouting for his enemy. When Guenever saw him, and he saw her, the electric message… — T.H. White Camelot Copy Share Image
“I suppose the best way to tell the story is simply to narrate it, without an effort to carry belief. The thing… — T.H. White Belief Copy Share Image
“The Wart’s own special one was called Cavall, and he happened to be licking Cavall’s nose - not the other way about… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“He suddenly felt the intense sad loveliness of being as being, apart from right or wrong: that, indeed, the mere fact of… — T.H. White Longing Copy Share Image
“He caught a glimpse of that extraordinary faculty in man, that strange, altruistic, rare, and obstinate decency which will make writers or… — T.H. White Death Copy Share Image
“I am writing a treatise just now" said the badger, coughing diffidently to show that he was absolutely set on explaining it,… — T.H. White Academia Copy Share Image
“The best example I know, of this astonishingly stupid attitude towards sport, is that of Franz Ferdinand. His, however, was an achievement… — T.H. White Game Copy Share Image
“Arthur, you mustn’t feel that I am rude when I say this. You must remember that I have been away in strange… — T.H. White Desert island Copy Share Image
“Neither force, nor argument, nor opinion," said Merlyn with the deepest sincerity, "are thinking. Argument is only a display of mental force,… — T.H. White Argument Copy Share Image
“If I were to be made a knight," said the Wart, staring dreamily into the fire, "I should insist on doing my… — T.H. White Pray To God Copy Share Image
“There was just such a man when I was young—an Austrian who invented a new way of life and convinced himself that… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“They would set their course toward it, seeing it grow bigger silently and imperceptibly, a motionless growth--and then, when they were at… — T.H. White Cloud Copy Share Image
“I incline my agreement with Toirdealbhach,' said Gareth. 'After all, what is the good of killing poor kerns who do not know… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“The Wart did not know what Merlyn was talking about, but he liked him to talk. He did not like the grown-ups… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“He thought himself awake when he was already asleep. He saw the stars above his face, whirling on their silent and sleepless… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“He did not himself believe in the supernatural, but the thing happened, and he proposed to tell it as simply as possible.… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“It was Christmas night, the eve of the Boxing Day Meet. You must remember that this was in the old Merry England… — T.H. White Christmas Copy Share Image
“owls are the most courteous, single—hearted and faithful creatures living. You must never be familiar, rude or vulgar with them, or make… — T.H. White Bird Copy Share Image
“He, unfortunately for himself, had been beautifully brought up. His teacher had educated him as the child is educated in the womb,… — T.H. White Best friend Copy Share Image
“He loved Arthur and he loved Guenever and he hated himself. The best knight of the world: everybody envied the self-esteem which… — T.H. White Lancelot Copy Share Image
“No. There is one fairly good reason for fighting--and that is, if the other man starts it. You see, wars are a… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
