Short-century Quote by David Burr Gerrard

“Arthur felt as though he were being read like a book, and wondered whether this girl would like his story.”

— Kiersten White

“There was silence, which was not broken until Arthur had stood for some time at the window with his back towards them, and until…

— Charles Dickens

“They sat as if the weight of the world had in this minute been lifted from them both and left them dumb with surprise.…

— Alan Sillitoe

“But the look on his face was so strange that I hadn't the heart to take his story away from him. He believed it,…

— Philip Reeve

“She sat the sister of Arthur, the wife of Lot four sons got by him, and one not.”

— Charles Williams

“Arthur without Excalibur was still Arthur.”

— Kendare Blake

“I don’t have my knife,” I mumble. “Don’t start that,” Anna says. She walks away from me sharply. “Arthur without Excalibur was still Arthur.”

— Kendare Blake

“And do you know another thing, Arthur? Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds.”

— T.H. White

“A flicker of someone else’s memory came to Simon and he picked up Excalibur from where he had dropped it. Carefully, he laid Excalibur…

— Sam Whitehouse

“It was just too tense, being with Daddy. He wanted everything done in a certain way that only he knew about. I was afraid…

— Alicia Erian

“No," said Arthur, "no," he added thoughtfully. "No," he added again, even more thoughtfully. "What?" he said at last.”

— Douglas Adams

“And the Wise Emrys said that Arthur would yet come again to lead his own.”

— Stephen R. Lawhead