Knights Quotes - Page 14

• When people say a knight's job is all glory, I laugh and laugh and laugh. Often I can stop laughing before they edge away and talk about soothing drinks.

  Tamora Pierce

  Jobs, People, Laughing

  Tamora Pierce (2014). “Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.377, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• I looked down at the chessboard. The move with the knight was wrong. I put it back where I had moved it from. Knights had no meaning in this game. It wasn't a game for knights.

  Raymond Chandler

  Moving, Games, Big Sleep

  Raymond Chandler (2011). “The Big Sleep & Farewell, My Lovely”, p.182, Modern Library

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• Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one’s life with pomp and blare, like a gay knight riding down; perhaps it crept to one’s side like an old friend through quiet ways; perhaps it revealed itself in seeming prose, until some sudden shaft of illumination flung athwart its pages betrayed the rhythm and the music, perhaps . . . perhaps . . . love unfolded naturally out of a beautiful friendship, as a golden-hearted rose slipping from its green sheath.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Love, Beautiful, Gay

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR™S TALES (Holiday Classics Series): Including Anne Shirley Series”, p.512, e-artnow

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• I should warn you, I’m an expert on vampires. I’ve seen every episode made of Buffy, Angel, and Forever Knight, so don’t think a little fang-flashing is going to scare me.” – Nell to Adrian Oh, my God! You bit me on the leg! You drank my blood! I am not an appetizer!” You are much more then an appetizer. You are a twelve-course banquet. – Nell & Adrian I slid my tongue around the glossy enamel of his teeth, pausing to stroke down the length of an elongated canine tooth. Yeah. I know. How stupid is it to French kiss a vampire and not expect sharp teeth? – Nell

  Katie MacAlister

  Stupid, Angel, Kissing

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• Oh what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, Alone and palely loitering?

  John Keats

  Arms, Thee

  "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" l. 1 (1820)

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• Christopher Nolan's astounding third Batman feature, 'The Dark Knight Rises,' represents the true maturation of the superhero movie - and provides the key to understanding the bottomless craving moviegoers have for these films, 34 years after the Christopher Reeve Superman gave birth to the genre.

  John Podhoretz

  Movie, Dark, Keys

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• The world is a chessboard, Madam, on which we play out our ploys and follies. You are the Queen, of course. Your moves are the strongest. For myself, I claim only to be a knight, advancing in a crooked progress. Do we move ourselves, do you think, or does a great gloved hand place on our squares

  Catherine Fisher

  Life, Queens, Moving

  Catherine Fisher (2010). “Sapphique”, p.130, Penguin

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• I bet you Cinderella didn't get along with Prince Charming's friends. Oh sure, the knights and barons probably put up with her on account that she was pretty and had such dainty feet and all, but you should know every duchess and contess in the kingdom hated her guts.

  Janette Rallison

  Feet, Kingdoms, Charming

  Janette Rallison (2009). “How to Take the Ex Out of Ex-Boyfriend”, p.7, Penguin

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• He was so far from the gallant knights in her romantic fantasies ... He was tarnished, scarred, imperfect. Deliberately he had destroyed any illusions she might have had about him, exposing his mysterious past for the ugly horror that it was. His purpose had been to drive her away. But instead she felt closer to him, as if the truth had bonded them in a new intimacy.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Past, Might, Purpose

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• Meliorn?” said Clary. “I’ve met you, haven’t I? You used to go out with Isabelle Lightwood.” Meliorn was almost expressionless, but Clary could have sworn he looked ever so slightly uncomfortable. Luke shook his head. “Clary, Meliorn is a knight of the Seelie Court. It’s very unlikely that he – “ “He was totally dating Isabelle,” Simon said, “and she dumped him too. At least she said she was going to. Tough break, man.

  Cassandra Clare

  Men, Dating, Tough

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1178, Simon and Schuster

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• You need to know where to go,' Sanya said. 'Yes,' 'And you are going to consult four large pizzas for guidance.' 'Yes,' I said. ...'There is, I think, humour here which does not translate well from English into sanity.' 'That's pretty rich coming from the agnostic Knight of the Cross with a holy Sword who takes his orders from an archangel.' I said. - Harry Dresden & Sanya, Changes, Jim Butcher

  Jim Butcher

  Thinking, Order, Doe

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• This is ridiculous. I look like the Games Workshop version of a Jedi Knight.

  Jim Butcher

  Games, Looks, Ridiculous

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.3353, Penguin

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• So are you going to be my knight in shining armor or what?' Kent does a little bow. 'You know I can't resist a damsel in distress.

  Lauren Oliver

  Shining, Doe, Armor

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• The library was home away from home to my mom, and my family. We had spent every Sunday afternoon there since I was a little boy, wandering around the stacks, pulling out every book with a picture of a pirate ship, a knight, a soldier, or an astronaut. My mom used to say, "This is my church, Ethan. This is how we keep the Sabbath holy in our family.

  Kami Garcia

  Mom, Book, Home

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• I will be brave, thought Despereaux. I will try to be brave like a knight in shining armour. I will be brave for the Princess Pea.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Princess, Shining, Brave

  Kate DiCamillo (2009). “The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread”, p.74, Candlewick Press

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• There I go being critical again. Does a man have to stand on one foot and juggle for me to consider him entertaining? What am I looking for? A knight?...No, knights are all polished and shiny. I think my taste runs to something with a bit of tarnish and maybe a few scratches. Someone who can make me laugh and cry and make me angry and make my knees tremble when he touches me.

  Nora Roberts

  Running, Men, Thinking

  Nora Roberts (2013). “The Heart's Victory”, p.17, Hachette UK

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• Are all knights so gentle? (Taryn) I know not, Taryn, since I don’t make it my habit to lie abed with other knights. (Sparhawk)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Lying, Habit, Gentle

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• Lynet scowled. "I’m just so tired of young knights wearing their father’s armor and dreaming romantic dreams riding up to their death.

  Gerald Morris

  Dream, Father, Tired

  Gerald Morris (2008). “The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf”, p.7, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I said you lie, knave!” shouted Beaumains, drawing his sword. “And for telling such craven falsehoods, you must die!” The knight looked plaintively at Roger. “What’s wrong with this fellow?” He was dropped on his head when he was a baby,” answered Roger.

  Gerald Morris

  Baby, Lying, Drawing

  Gerald Morris (2008). “The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf”, p.97, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Getting cut off from the knights' magic rock also required a period of exile from their giant glass mushroom. (Those of you in the Hushlands, I dare you to work that last sentence into a conversation. "By the way, Sally, did you know that getting cut from the knight's magic rock also requires a period of exile from their giant glass mushroom?")

  Brandon Sanderson

  Cutting, Rocks, Mushrooms

  Brandon Sanderson (2016). “The Knights of Crystallia: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians”, p.127, Macmillan

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• Technically, I'm a knight. My family goes back a thousand years in the Naples area. We're a titled, noble people.

  Paul Sorvino

  Years, People, Noble

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• For instance, dragons are deeply revered by the Chinese. According to legend they have megapowers that include weather control and life creation. And they’re seen as kind, benevolent creatures. Funny. Every fairy tale I’d ever heard involving dragons starred daring knights trotting off to kill said dragons. Probably the real reason every time East meets West they get pissed off and throw tea in our faces.

  Jennifer Rardin

  Real, Dragons, Weather

  Jennifer Rardin (2011). “Another One Bites The Dust: Book two in the Jaz Parks sequence”, p.33, Hachette UK

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• I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed

  Emanuel Lasker

  Law, Principles, Bishops

  Emanuel Lasker (2013). “Lasker's Manual of Chess”, p.42, Courier Corporation

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• Although the Knight is generally considered to be on a par with the Bishop in strength, the latter piece is somehat stronger in the majority of cases in which they are opposed to each other.

  Jose Raul Capablanca

  Stronger, Majority, Bishops

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• These old knights are more cunning than you think, or they would never have lived to see their first grey hair.

  George R. R. Martin

  Thinking, Hair, Firsts

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1110, Bantam

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