The Ill-Made Knight Quotes

“A dead war horse is the single most expensive corpse you’ll ever see.”
― Christian Cameron, The Ill-Made Knight

“Seguin made his decision. He raised his lance, held it over his head –no mean feat –and called out. ‘To hell!’ he shouted.
In terms of pre-battle speeches, it was the best I’ve ever heard.”
― Christian Cameron, The Ill-Made Knight

“There’s good things about wearing armour. One is that if your horse bounces you through deep brush, all that happens is that you get pine-needles in your visor.”
― Christian Cameron, The Ill-Made Knight

“Boys torment each other when there’s nothing else to do and no Frenchmen to fight.”
― Christian Cameron, The Ill-Made Knight

“If there is wine in heaven, it comes from Tuscany.”
― Christian Cameron, The Ill-Made Knight

“The thing that most angers a young man is the confusion of discovering that the philosophy he allows to govern his actions is a nested set of lies.”
― Christian Cameron, The Ill-Made Knight

“The man had not said anything, but it appeared, from what the monks had said, that he had single handedly held off six routiers in an ambush that had killed their men-at-arms. I was used to men that bragged all day - bragged about the women they bedded, bragged about knife fights in taverns - yet this man didn't even show his weapons. He seldom smiled, and he never, that I saw, displayed temper. He was courteous to every soul he met, ready with a blessing, and he never cursed or blasphemed.

He was like a paladin from the chansons.

I worked very hard to please him.”
― Christian Cameron, The Ill-Made Knight

“Every one of you knows that a man never, ever looks better than when he's just fought in harness. His body is as light as air.”
― Christian Cameron, The Ill-Made Knight