George R. R. Martin Quotes

Chivalry only worked with men of the same class.

Chivalry is dead.

The institution of chivalry forms one of the most remarkable features in the history of the Middle Ages.

The word Chivalry is derived from the French cheval, a horse.

My children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

When I was 6, a family friend gave me E.L. Konigsburg's 'A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver' and launched me on a full-blown Eleanor obsession. I wanted to ride off on Crusade, to launch a thousand troubadour songs, to marry a king - and then jilt him and marry another.

The very purpose of a knight is to fight on behalf of a lady.

That's really why I wanted to do it. I wanted to be a part of this generation's telling of Camelot, and also get the chance to play a fantastic, complex, interesting, emotionally passionate, young lead role.

Chivalry - ...a romantic idealism closely related to Christianity, which makes honor the guiding principle of conduct. Connected with this is the ancient concept of the gentleman.

Fairy damsels met in forest wide / By knights of Logres, or of Lyones, / Lancelot or Pelleas, or Pellenore.

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.

Queen Guenever, for whom I make here a little mention, that while she lived she was a true lover, and therefore she had a good end.

O for the gentleness of old Romance, the simple planning of a minstrel's song!

Lady Madelyne had sealed her own fate. She'd warmed his feet.

You end up with this succession of periods when everything was marvellous - from King Arthur to the medieval times, Ivanhoe, chivalry, Henry VIII, Merry England, the Blitz

Guinevere is not the Morgan type, where she's sultry and she knows she has this incredible female energy that she can use and utilize, and she's not necessarily used to having this power over men.

The knight departing for new adventures offends his lady, yet she has nothing but contempt for him if he remains at her feet.

In times gone by there lived a Count of Ponthieu, who loved chivalry and the pleasures of the world beyond measure, and moreover was a stout knight and a gallant gentleman

This knight was indeed a valiant gentleman; but not a little given to romance, when he spake of himself.

But my last conscious thought was an image of Prince Char when he'd caught the bridle of Sir Stephan's horse. His face had been close to mine. Two curls had spilled onto his forehead. A few freckles dusted his nose, and his eyes said he was sorry for me to go.

Knightly love is blent with reverence As heavenly air is blent with heavenly blue.

I've always wanted to play Guinevere. I just asked Chris what he thought, and he steered me in the right directions. We just wanted to make her young and able to make mistakes, which I think is important.