{"quotes":[{"text":"A fierce possessiveness gripped him, a need to brand her, to make her his, now and forever. And he knew it was madness.","author":"Shelly Thacker","tags":["historical-romance","knights","moon-magic","time-travel-romance"],"id":8467,"author_id":"Shelly+Thacker"},{"text":"The table was covered with food like roast chicken, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, roast turkey, roast liquorice and, the centrepiece, a roasted knight.","author":"Elias Zapple","tags":["astronauts","children-s-books","comedy-humor","dragons","fantasy","fiction-writing","humor","humour","knights"],"id":9981,"author_id":"Elias+Zapple"},{"text":"To the knights of faith nobody believes.","author":"Dejan Stojanovic","tags":["beleif","circling","dejan-stojanovic","faith","knights","literature","literature","nobody","poetry","poetry","quotes","to-live-by","thoughts","wisdom"],"id":19209,"author_id":"Dejan+Stojanovic"},{"text":"A great battle is a terrible thing,' the old knight said, 'but in the midst of blood and carnage, there is sometimes also beauty, beauty that could break your heart.","author":"George R.R. Martin","tags":["battles","dead","george-r-r-martin","hardship","heartbreak","hope","hope-for-the-hopeless","hopefulness","keep-the-faith","knights","searching","strength","strength-through-adversity","struggle","struggling","true","warriors"],"id":21558,"author_id":"George+R.R.+Martin"},{"text":"He had won. He could release her at any time. But her lips... Those soft, sweet petals were parting tremulously at the touch of his tongue, and she was granting him entry to the warmth of her mouth. He thrust boldly inside, wanting but one taste of her. Only one.","author":"Shelly Thacker","tags":["historical-romance","kings","knights","magic","moon-magic","time-travel-romance"],"id":88659,"author_id":"Shelly+Thacker"},{"text":"What do you know of the Knights?” he asked. Fin shrugged. “I thought knights were only in children’s stories until a few days ago.” Jeannot smiled. “A man could do worse than to live in the stories of a child. There is, perhaps, no better remembrance.” “Until the child grows up and finds out the stories aren’t true. You might be knights, but I don’t see any shining armor,” Fin said. Jeannot stopped near the gate of the auberge and faced her. “Each time a story is told, the details and accuracies and facts are winnowed away until all that remains is the heart of the tale. If there is truth at the heart of it, a tale may live forever. As a knight, there is no dragon to slay, no maiden to rescue, and no miraculous grail to uncover. A knight seeks the truth beneath these things, seeks the heart. We call this the corso. The path set before us. The race we must run.","author":"A.S. Peterson","tags":["children-s-stories","corso","fables","fairy-tales","knights","life","myth","mythology","storytelling","the-knights-of-malta","the-meaning-of-life","the-purpose-of-life","truth"],"id":92356,"author_id":"A.S.+Peterson"},{"text":"I thought you were her knight, but you have become only her woodsman--taking little girls into the forest to cut out their hearts.","author":"Holly Black","tags":["girls","hearts","knights","woodsmen"],"id":108293,"author_id":"Holly+Black"},{"text":"Fighting is better than this waiting,” Brienne said. “You don’t feel so helpless when you fight. You have a sword and a horse, sometimes an axe. When you’re armored it’s hard for anyone to hurt you.”“Knights die in battle,” Catelyn reminded her.Brienne looked at her with those blue and beautiful eyes. “As ladies die in childbed. No one sings songs about them.","author":"George R.R. Martin","tags":["battle","brienne","childbed","knights","ladies"],"id":108420,"author_id":"George+R.R.+Martin"},{"text":"What are you cooking this night, wife?” One of the crepes picked that moment to dislodge itself from the ceiling. It landed at her feet with a plop as if on cue. “Crepes.” She kept a straight face and tried to look like this was the normal way to make crepes.","author":"Shelly Thacker","tags":["historical-romance","king","knights","moon-child","moon-magic","time-travel-romance"],"id":135337,"author_id":"Shelly+Thacker"},{"text":"Ser Tomaso,” she said. “It is very likely we will all die.” “Or worse,” said Brown, the first words he’d said in days. Ser Tomaso made a brave face. “Perhaps,” he said. “But we will eat well.","author":"Miles Cameron","tags":["food","knights"],"id":150648,"author_id":"Miles+Cameron"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":33,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}