ââ ⢠SENTENCE STARTERS : EXCALIBUR ( 1981 ). all of these were pulled from the final draft of the script as it is available online. perfect but not limited to fantasy / historical muses and verses ! feel free to edit as needed.
â i spit on your truce, [name]. â
â [name], what is this wagging of tongues? â
â you will be mine. wife and queen, bed and crown. â
â i want no other crown and no other bed than those i have. â
â sometimes i give, sometimes i take. it is mine to know which, and when. â
â i know the storm inside you, and what it has wrought. â
â you will swear by your true kingship to grant me what i wish. â
â this is magic - making solid what is in the mind, and unsolid, that which is already solid. â
â it is done. the future has found root in the present. â
â but what shall become of me, and the child i bear? â
â three horses died under me, so hard did i spur them here. â
â the child is mine, [name]. i have come for [him/her/them]. â
â itâs not for you, [name], heath and home, wife and child. â
â to kill and be king, is that all? â
â you strike me with words as hard as steel. â
â [name]... i loved you, mighty child. â
â it is a dark hour⌠everywhere lawlessness and destruction, and no one to lead us out of it. â
â you wrong me, for i have never stolen from others, or destroyed the fruit of the land. â
â a good squire doesnât forget his knightâs sword. â
â i was your son before i became your kingâŚif i am king. â
â [name], we havenât forgotten you. this is more of your trickery. â
â âhelp me, help meâ. help me get up. â
â i was hoping i could ask you for a little magic help, but if it makes you so tired⌠â
â it will be a good lesson. the best, if itâs not the last. â
â letâs finish this with a show of force. we have no more tricks and no more advantages. â
â you are in my hands, to slay or to spare. â
â swear faith to me and you shall have mercy. â
â you, [name], will knight me. â
â well, then, i shall tell you which knights have maiden daughters, so you can avoid their castles. â
â quiet, or iâll sew up your mouth too. â
â i love her. if she would be my queen, my dreams would be answered. â  Â
â there are maidens as fair, and fairer than [name]. â
â youâre not listening. your heart is not. love is deaf as well as blind. â
â i should have left you to fend for yourself. â
â that is a wild boast. you lack a knightâs humility. â
â never have i met my match in joust or duel. â
â yield. i have the advantage. â
â fight me from your horse or on foot, but fight me. your avoidance mocks me. â
â i sought only not to harm you. â
â thanks to god, you are alive. â
â i love you, my king. â Â
â it is i who must love you, for through your courage and patience you taught me a bitter lesson. â
â make me your champion, and i will always fight in your place. â
â i would pledge to you all that i still own : muscle, bone, blood and the heart that pumps it. â
â the war is over. one land, one king. peace. â
â i swear never to rest twice on the same pillow till all men live at peace. â
â i hear the stifled cry for help, i smell the reek of fear⌠â
â for your gift, ask a gift of me. â
â donât start a war on my wedding day! â
â look, [name]. the maids and ladies whisper about you. they all dream of winning you, young and old, fair and ugly. â
â you're the bravest and strongest knight theyâve ever seen, and beauty has kissed your brow. â Â
â and is there no maiden in the whole world who inspires you? â
â i would swear my love to you. â  Â
â i will see you in all women, and i will defend them as i would defend you. âÂ
â [name], donât you join the celebration? â
â youâre an angel! not a devil⌠â
â who will give me my sword? â
â i want to write poems about you with moonbeams, make the sea sing your name⌠â
â what good are songs and poems to me? they are the barter of ordinary love. â
â tell me, [name] : have we defeated evil, as it seems? â
â where hides evil, then, in my kingdom? â
â i will champion you, my lady. â
â when i act as your king, i cannot be your husband. â
â the laws, my laws, must bind everyone, or they are not laws at all. â
â [name], i fight against myself⌠â
â i demand justice, as is my right. â
â i yield to your mercy, [name]. â
â flesh on flesh. i will heal you. â
â they miss the battlefield. i think we do too. â
â you will be sorely missed. heal yourself and come back. â
â you think yourself a kingmaker. ha! a meddler, more likely. â
â the gods of once are gone forever, it is time for men. â
â [name], make a man out of me. kiss me. â
â do you think i am ignorant of your stupid little games? preying on the weakness of others. thatâs your power, a petty evil. â
â i will ride forth in the name of that quest, and commit my strength and my soul to it. â
â [name], a dreadful fear is upon me, that we may never meet again, that the fellowship will be no more⌠â
â [name], i know your heart yearns to go, but i am prisoner to my duties, and you must be to yours, at my side. â
â [name], forgive me. i die without the secret. i have failed. â
â where are you going, [name], in your iron tomb? still trying to save the world? â
â i have come to claim what is mine. â
â i recognize you only as my son, no more. â
â i cannot offer you the land, only my love. â
â we will embrace only in battle, and i will touch you only with the blade of my spear. âÂ
â i will muster a great force of knights, and i will return to fight for what is mine. â
â i have waited long for you. â
â i am wasting away and i cannot die. and i cannot live. â
â i didnât know how empty was my soul until it was filled. â
â [name], accept my forgiveness, and put your heart to rest. we have suffered too long. â
â i have always loved you, and i still love you. â
â i loved you much, as king, and sometimes as husband, but one cannot gaze too long at the sun in the sky. â
â i was not born to live a manâs life, but to be the stuff of future memory. â
â now once more i must ride with my knights to defend what was, and the dream of what could be. â
â i never dared to hope all these years that it was in your keeping. â
â i have often thought that in the hereafter of our lives, when i owe no more to the future and can be just a man, that we may meet, and you will come to me and claim me as yours, and know that i am your husband. it is a dream i have⌠â
â [name], i need you at my side as you were once, my friend, to give me courage. â
â quiet. youâll wake the men, and they must fight tomorrow for their lives. â
â you brought me back. your love brought me back. â
â whatâs behind that beauty? a wizened, cold-hearted snake. â
â you are mine at last. i am the sea and you will never escape me. â
â in this battle there is one thing i must do, that no one else can. â
â [name], i will save youâŚdonât die. â
â let my heart do its job, [name], and pump me empty⌠â
â the fog is lifting. only we remain alive. â
â [name], prepare to meet your death. â
â obey me, [name]. you must act for me. it is my last order as your king. â
â [name]! will you return? â