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Lancelot Quotes

Then it is better, sir, to love whom one cannot have? Probably better, Lancelot said. Certainly safer.

Then it is better, sir, to love whom one cannot have?" "Probably better," Lancelot said. "Certainly safer.

John Steinbeck
Said, Lancelot
John Steinbeck (2008). “The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.178, Penguin

The miracle was that he had been allowed to do a miracle. And ever, says Mallory, Sir Lancelot wept, as he had been a child that had been beaten.

T. H. White
Children, Miracle, Lancelot
T. H. White (2011). “The Once and Future King”, p.467, Penguin

Thus did I bear Sir Lancelot de Lac to the Keep of Ganleon, whom I trusted like a brother. That is to say, not at all.

Roger Zelazny
Brother, Bears, Lancelot
Roger Zelazny (1978*). “Nine princes in Amber. The guns of Avalon”

C’est moi, c’est moi,’tis I,' I told him. It seemed appropriately melodramatic, though I didn’t know if he’d catch the reference. I shouldn’t have worried. Unexpectedly, he laughed. “Trust you to quote Lancelot rather than Guinevere.

Patricia Briggs
Worried, Guinevere, Lancelot
Patricia Briggs (2011). “The Mercy Thompson Collection”, p.201, Penguin

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