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“A knight does not protect the truth; he lives inside it and the truth protects him.”

As the Letter goes on, there is something gorgeously vulnerable and deeply touching about Sir Thomas reflecting on how long he has been writing.

"Please forgive me! But if I stop writing, I worry it really will be good-bye!"

As the last few pages start to reach into Sir Thomas' last memories and lessons to his children, the book turns more into the embrace of someone not ready to leave, or perhaps finding peace.

The many stories contained in this book are, even in the context of knights, incredibly everday, which lends to their power. The everyday-ness, makes the stories timeless; everyone can appreciate stories of childish tantrums, the loss of our peers, or to act for our loved ones.

Some lessons are common these days, but the chapters I do not yet understand, I wish to read thrice over. I might pocket this permanently.

6 Pages in, I'm already struck by the humanity of sir Thomas Hawke. He fears he has not been enough for his children, to not be remembered by his youngest, and expresses remorse for the wrongdoings of his youth.

With it, Sir Thomas takes immediate responsibility for his fallibility as a human being; and instructs his children to do the same.

I estimate this will be the prevailing thread throughout the letters.