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“The moral, I suppose, would be that the first requirements for a heroic career are the knightly virtues of loyalty, temperance, and courage. The loyalty in this case is of two degrees or commitments: first, to the chosen adventure, but then, also, to the ideals of the order of knighthood. Now, this second commitment seems to put Gawain's way in opposition to the way of the Buddha, who when ordered by the Lord of Duty to perform the social duties proper to his caste, simply ignored the command, and that night achieved illumination as well as release from rebirth. Gawain is a European and, like Odysseus, who remained true to the earth and returned from the Island of the Sun to his marriage with Penelope, he has accepted, as the commitment of his life, not release from but loyalty to the values of life in this world. And yet, as we have just seen, whether following the middle way of the Buddha or the middle way of Gawain, the passage to fulfillment lies between the perils of desire and fear.”
― Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

“I must be alive," Gawain said hoarsely. "Dead doesn't hurt this much.”
― Gerald Morris, Parsifal's Page

“Then he took the sword in both hands and raised it—and Gawain’s posture took on an unmistakable grandeur.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant

“Once I discovered Robin Hood and the medieval poem “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,â€� I realized that I felt a very deep calling to the Wild forest, the deep forest, the Wood that holds the Deep Mysteries and where the Wild Hunt is run....”
― Virginia Chandler

“Why, he was so handsome and brave that no one would ever have suspected that he was bookish!”
― Gerald Morris, Parsifal's Page

“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.â€�
‘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

“Honor is a balancing act and only the heart can strike that balance.”
― Stefan Emunds, Gawain and the Green Knight

“At least I’m the one leaving. It’s so much easier to leave than to be left.”
― Stefan Emunds, Gawain and the Green Knight

“I totally geeked when I discovered (while in college) that Tolkien had a published version of 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight', so that's my favorite version. I think I have 3 or 4 copies on my bookshelf”
― Virginia Chandler

“There are well known Arthurian figures in the book, and some not so well known. Mabon plays a pivotal role in the tale as the Motherless Child who helps Rhowbyn, the narrator of the tale, to find and reconcile with his missing parent. Th
ere is a game of riddles in which Mabon and Rhowbyn engage that is both an homage to Tolkien and a nod of acknowledgement to events from 'The Mabinogion' and specifically the tale of Culwch and Olwen”
― Virginia Chandler

“John Matthews' title, 'Gawain, Knight of the Goddess', was confirmation that I wasn't imagining the many layers of Gawain, the court of King Arthur, and most assuredly Gawain's role as a Protector and Champion of the Mother Goddess”
― Virginia Chandler

“You can't all be the greatest knight in England."

"Why not?" Gawain smiled suddenly. "It makes for better stories that way.”
― Gerald Morris, The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady

“In the Medieval poem, we are surrounded by Winter, but I always imagined the Green Chapel and the castle of Lord and Lady Bercilak in all seasons. I was quite convinced (and still am) that Gawain did not return to Camelot immediately after his initiatory encounter with the Green Knight. That's where 'The Green Knight's Apprentice' began, I think, in my imaginings of what Gawain would learn and experience after his initiation was complete”
― Virginia Chandler

“The Lord and Lady of the Fair Folk sat at our own table, dressed in robes of red and black, their faces painted in patterns with ash and oils. Their eyes were intense, almost searing, and I found myself still unable to hold their gaze for
more than a moment. I felt naked within their gaze, but even more so, unwhole. As if there were parts of me missing and only they knew where to find them”
― Virginia Chandler, The Green Knight's Apprentice

“As we rode slowly through the battle camp, the sounds and smells of war overwhelmed my senses: horses stamping and sweating in anticipation; men shouting; the steady rhythm of metal grinding on stone; leather snapping and buckling, and woo
d crackling in flame. The simmering energy of warriors as they eagerly awaited battle slithered through the camp like an invisible serpent”
― Virginia Chandler, The Green Knight's Apprentice

“In the energies of the Green Knight, we have an Elder who comes to the entire court of Arthur to challenge and "open a bridge" to the Otherworld. Here is the Holly King, the Forest Lord, the Green Man. The Green Knight enters Arthur's court at a Yuletide festival and challenges at once both Arthur and his warriors to step forth and take part in the traditional Beheading contest”
― Virginia Chandler

“I suppose it could be said that indeed all my roads to Arthur have led to my novel, The Green Knight’s Apprentice. I read Malory when I was very young and my first reading left me with very v
ivid images that haunt me still: white stags, headless damsels, horns hanging from tree limbs, and giants. Oh yes, I had the usual sword in the stone, lady of the lake, and Holy Grail images, too, I assure you.”
― Virginia Chandler

“The world is an ambitious business. It continuously expands and evolves. But people are lazy and God is far too lovely to do something about it.”
― Stefan Emunds, Gawain and the Green Knight

“Wake up! You’re a sacred soul and glory is yours for the taking.”
― Stefan Emunds, Gawain and the Green Knight

“He shrugged his big shoulders. 'If my uncle wants me to ride to the edge of the world after something that doesn't exist...' He turned his face to the sky and inhaled deeply of the chill morning air. 'It's not like I have a wife waiting for me or anywhere else to be.'

'Well, we are honoured that the courageous and indomitable Prince Gawain ap Lot of Lyonesse chose to save Britain with us, rather than drink and whore himself to death in some harbourside tavern,' Merlin said, lifting his staff as though Gawain's very presence was a gift from the Gods.”
― Giles Kristian, Lancelot

“The world eclipses and it’s just her and him. No it’s just her eyes and his soul. Her eyes expose and violate him, she turns him inside out. Then, her eyes drop him like a boring toy.”
― Stefan Emunds, Gawain and the Green Knight

“Waiting for one’s execution is worse than dying. To seek my beheading is glory. Who went to his execution willingly? Jesus did. Jesus even dragged his cross half way to Golgotha. I think he would have nailed himself to the cross if he had to.”
― Stefan Emunds, Gawain and the Green Knight

“But how are we going to carry that great beastie back?â€� “Leave that to me.â€� Tristan got on his knees and scooped Cavall up. With a grunt of exertion, he stood, holding the deerhound in his arms. Cavall licked his face to show his gratitude. Tristan snorted and turned his head away, but in the way people did when they pretended to not want a lick to the face.”
― Audrey Mackaman, A Dog in King Arthur’s Court

“Modesty is not a bad habit, after all," the priest said. "Although humility would be better.”
― Gerald Morris, The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady

“Failure is easy. This is a badge of shame.”
― Gerald Morris, The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady