History Quote by Robert Jordan

“And high above, depicted in a tower, Sat Conquest, robed in majesty and power, Under a sword that swung above his head, Sharp-edged and…

— Geoffrey Chaucer

“Behind them all, carried upon the bed of an enormous carriage with thirteen sets of iron-banded wheels, nestled within a casement crafted from the…

— C.L. Werner

“Hurriedly then he donned his magical sword in its wide scabbard of leather; and with scanty provisions hastened over the fields, after the last…

— Lord Dunsany

“When he had brushed a thin coat of dust off the pebbled leather cover of one volume, he saw the words: Register of All…

— John Bellairs

“And, to tell finally my greatest service, I've kept him from a thousand vicious acts, for low and vile things could never serve to…

— Petrarch

“Today this courtyard was filled with great warriors. What is more? But it was not filled with great men who have the heart to…

— Melina Marchetta

“Later, years later even, sometimes I might say, "How about the duel on the cliff with Inigo and the man in black?" and my…

— William Goldman

“For I am inclined to believe that my beloved Arthur of the future is sitting at this very moment among his learned freinds, in…

— T.H. White

“But there was no mistaking, even in the uncertain light, the hand, half crabbed, half generous, and wholly drunken, of the Consul himself, the…

— Malcolm Lowry

“They stood in the noon of that strange and solemn splendor, as if it were the light that is to reveal all secrets, and…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Under cover of darkness, not a hundred men but three times that number slipped away from Hawkforte. Saxon and Norse alike, led by the…

— Josie Litton

“Sadly as some old mediaeval knight Gazed at the arms he could no longer wield, The sword two-handed and the shining shield Suspended in…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow