Sir Gawain Quotes

“Elaine turned to her father in her distress. ‘Father will you give me permission to ride after Sir Lancelot? I must reach him. Otherwise I will go out of my mind with grief.’
‘Go, good daughter. Rescue him, if you can.’
So she made herself ready for the journey, weeping all the time. Gawain himself rode back to the court of the king in London”
–The Fair Maid of Astolat”
― Peter Ackroyd, The Death of King Arthur

“The internal evidence in the case of certain of the recognised Scottish romances seems to point to a native origin. The principal figure in these - Sir Gawayn - has both a historical and mythical connection with the Scottish Lowlands, and with Cumberland - the southern part of the Cymric kingdom of Strathclyde. In the earlier course of the story that gradually gathered around him, he fits in with the historical circumstances. He is the son of Loth, King of the Lothians, by Anna, the half-sister of Arthur. Along with his two brothers he assists Arthur in his war against the Saxons. He is made by Arthur Lord of Galloway. He is the friend of the Caledonian Merlin...”
― John Veitch, History and Poetry of the Scottish Border: Their Main Features and Relations, Volume 1

“Her eyes twinkled in the stillness, black and vivacious as the starlit midnight. Then she tilted up her chin and laughed in turn, a smooth tremolo that stirred him deeply. A warmth surged through Gawain the likes of which he had never before felt.”
― L.R. Tourmaline, The Moonlit Knight