The Sword and the Circle Quotes

“The shining light of Logres shone as high and clear as ever, but as a candle flares before it gutters out.”
― Rosemary Sutcliff, The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

“And the joy flashed in Lancelot's ugly face like a bright blade drawn from a battered sheath.”
― Rosemary Sutcliff, The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

“What will they be like, the people we come back to? What will it all be like?" he whispered suddenly in anguish.”
― Rosemary Sutcliff, The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

“And Arthur, beginning to remember and trying not to, and suddenly more afraid than ever he had been in his life before, cried out "Father-Kay- why do you kneel to me? Get up! Oh sir, get up! I cannot bear that you should kneel to me, you who have been my father all these years."
And when Sir Ector would not, he dropped on to his knees also, to be on a level with the old man again.”
― Rosemary Sutcliff, The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table