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  • Who is this? And what is here? And in the lighted palace near Died the sound of royal cheer; And they crossed themselves for fear, All the Knights at Camelot; But Lancelot mused a little space He said, "She has a lovely face; God in his mercy lend her grace, The Lady of Shalott.

    Cheer   Space   Knights  
    1832 Poems,'The Lady of Shalott' (revised 1842), pt.4, l.168-71.
  • Then it is better, sir, to love whom one cannot have?" "Probably better," Lancelot said. "Certainly safer.

    Said   Lancelot  
    John Steinbeck (2008). “The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.178, Penguin
  • The emotional elevation of the film is due in no small measure to the extraordinarily engaging performances of Anne Bancroft as the wife-mother-mistress, Dustin Hoffman as the lumbering Lancelot, and Katherine Ross as his fair Elaine.

    Mother   Emotional   Wife  
  • I thought I could not breathe in that fine air That pure severity of perfect light I yearned for warmth and colour which I found In Lancelot.

    Light   Air   Perfect  
    'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'Guinevere' (1859) l. 640
  • Lancelot: Morgaine, Morgaine - kinswoman, I have never seen you weep. Morgaine: Are you like so many men, afraid of a woman's tears? (...) Lancelot: No (...) it makes them seem so much more real, so much more vulnerable - women who never weep frighten me, because I know they are stronger than I, and I am always a little afraid of what they will do.

    Real   Men   Tears  
  • 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 (2011). “The Mercy Thompson Collection”, p.201, Penguin
  • It was my duty to have loved the highest; It surely was my profit had I known: It would have been my pleasure had I seen. We needs must love the highest when we see it, Not Lancelot, nor another.

    Needs   Pleasure   Profit  
    'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'Guinevere' (1859) l. 652
  • 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 (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 (1978*). “Nine princes in Amber. The guns of Avalon”
  • People identify with the swashbuckling individuals, not polite little men who field their position well. Sir Galahad had a big following - but I'll bet Lancelot had more.

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

    Knights   Forests   Fairy  
    John Milton, Charles Dexter CLEVELAND (1853). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: with a Life of the Author; Preliminary Dissertations on Each Poem, Notes Critical and Explanatory ... and a Verbal Index. Edited by C. D. Cleveland”, p.323
  • This is true valor, I hope you know. Legends have sprung from less. All Lancelot did was paddle about in a balmy lake.” She smiled. “Lancelot was a knight. You’re a viscount. The bar is higher.

    Lakes   Knights   Bars  
  • In France, you have 900 years of romantic love going back to the troubadours and minstrels that wrote stories of Lancelot and Guinevere. You have gallantry at the highest level.

    Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
  • Sydney, I'm so happy to see you again. If there's anything I can do for you, please let me know. And you must be Neil." "Your majesty." Neil swept her a bow so low that his forehead touched the ground. Above him, Adrian rolled his eyes. "Easy there, Lancelot," Adrian said. "I don't think bowing is required when she's in jeans and bunny slippers.

    Eye   Thinking   Jeans  
    Richelle Mead (2013). “The Fiery Heart: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.137, Penguin
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