“And do you know another thing, Arthur? Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds.” — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“You are my miracle, and I would throw them all overboard for the sake of you.” — T.H. White Miracle Copy Share Image
“The author says people are guilty of "wrecking the present because the future was bound to be a wreck.” — T.H. White Books Copy Share Image
“I can see that you spoke in ignorance, and I bitterly regret that I should have been so petty as to take… — T.H. White Apologies Copy Share Image
“The increasingly cynical court thought Arthur, "hypocritical, as all decent men must be if you assume decency cannot exist.” — T.H. White Cynicism Copy Share Image
“He had conquered murder only to be faced with war. There were no laws for that.” — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“It is only the people who are lacking, or bad, or inferior, who have to be good at things.” — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“Who said that?" asked Sir Grummore. "But the sword said it, like I tell you." "Talkative weapon," remarked Sir Grummore skeptically.” — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“He was one of those people who would be neither a follower nor a leader, but only an aspiring heart, impatient in… — T.H. White Leadership Copy Share Image
“How can you have boundaries if you fly? Those ants of yours—and the humans too—would have to stop fighting in the end,… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“Long ago, when I had my Merlyn to help, he tried to teach me to think. He knew he would have to… — T.H. White Curse Copy Share Image
“I never could stomach these nationalists,’ he exclaimed. ‘The destiny of Man is to unite, not to divide. If you keep on… — T.H. White Nationalists Copy Share Image
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“It is generally the trustful and optimistic people who can afford to retreat. The loveless and faithless ones are compelled by their… — T.H. White Love Copy Share Image
“It happened like this in the world. Old things lost their grip and dropped away; not always because they were bad things,… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“Their mother is Athene, the goddess of wisdom, and, although they are often ready to play the buffoon to amuse you, such… — T.H. White Parenting Copy Share Image
“It was well for him, with his chivalry and mysticism, to make the grand renunciation. But it takes two to make love,… — T.H. White Fantasy-romance Copy Share Image
“Lancelot and Guenever were sitting at the solar window. An observer of the present day, who knew the Arthurian legend only from… — T.H. White Arthurian legend Copy Share Image
“The best thing for disturbances of the spirit is to learn. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“For I am inclined to believe that my beloved Arthur of the future is sitting at this very moment among his learned… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“Don't kill me,' said the knight. 'I yield. I yield. You can't kill a man at mercy.' Lancelot put up his sword… — T.H. White Compassion Copy Share Image
“Finally, there was the impediment of his nature. In the secret parts of his peculiar brain, those unhappy and inextricable tangles which… — T.H. White Abuse Copy Share Image
“I see what you think you mean," said the magician, "but you are wrong. There is no excuse for war, none whatever,… — T.H. White War Copy Share Image
“A good way of naming a day, is to call it by its wind. 'Wednesday' is an impersonal thing, but days are… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“He felt in his heart cruelty and cowardice, the things which made him brave and kind.” — T.H. White Arthurian legend Copy Share Image
“It was at the outskirts of the world that the Old Things accumulated, like driftwood round the edges of the sea. ("The… — T.H. White Driftwood Copy Share Image
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“Lancelot tried to have a Word. His Word was valuable to him not only because he was good, but also because he… — T.H. WHite Bad people Copy Share Image
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“My trouble is that my intelligence is materialistic, agnostic, pessimistic and solitary, while my heart is incurably tender, romantic, loving and gregarious.” — T.H. White Intelligence Copy Share Image
“Elaine had done the ungraceful thing as usual. Guenever, in similar circumstances, would have been sure to grow pale and interesting—but Elaine… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“The only way I can keep clear of force is by justice. Far from being willing to execute his enemies, a real… — T.H. White Equity Copy Share Image
“You know that eye-to-eye recognition, when two people look deeply into each other's pupils, and burrow to the soul? It usually comes… — T.H. White Love Copy Share Image
“Life is such unutterable hell, solely because it is sometimes beautiful. If we could only be miserable all the time, if there… — T.H. White Beauty Copy Share Image
“The plain of Bedegraine was a forest of pavilions. They looked like old-fashioned bathing tents, and were every colour of the rainbow.… — T.H. White Arthurian legend Copy Share Image
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