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