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