The Once and Future King Quotes

"You swim along," said the tench, "as if there was nothing to be afraid of in the world. Don't you see that this place is exactly like the forest which you had to come through to find me?" (S.5.65)

[Merlyn] said you could not use magic in Great Arts, just as it would be unfair to make a great statue by magic. You have to cut it out with a chisel, you see. (S.4.5)

"I am glad you are back," said Kay. (S.4.8)

"Only I do feel sad sometimes," [Pellinore] added, before they could stop him, "about the Queen of Flanders' daughter. She was not beautiful, Grummore, but she understood me. We seemed to get on to...

EVERYTHING WHICH IS NOT FORBIDDEN IS COMPULSORY (S.13.27)

"Education is experience, and the essence of experience is self-reliance." (S.5.25)

"Have I told you this before?""No, we only met about half an hour ago.""So little time to pass?" said Merlyn, and a big tear ran down to the end of his nose. (S.3.71-73)

Mammy—mammy—mammy gave place to Antland, Antland Over All, and the stream of orders were discontinued in favour of lectures about war, patriotism or the economic situation. The fruity voice sai...

"After all, damn it all, we can't have the boys runnin' about all day like hooligans—after all, damn it all? Ought to be havin' a first-rate eddication, at their age." (S.1.3).

"But I unfortunately was born at the wrong end of time, and I have to live backwards from in front, while surrounded by a lot of people living forwards from behind. Some people call it having secon...