"Perhaps we all give the best of our hearts, uncritically, to those who hardly think about us in return."

- T. H. White, The Once and Future King (via wordsfrombooks)

"She was what they used to call a “real” person. She was not the kind who can be fitted away safely under some label or other, as “loyal” or “disloyal” or “self-sacrificing” or “jealous.” Sometimes she was loyal and sometimes she was disloyal. She behaved like herself."

- T.H. White, The Once and Future King (via ria-rabbit)

MoonSet: And I Would Be The Only One To Suffer 

moon-set:

There’s one page in my (well-loved, much-abused) copy of “The Once and Future King” that is marked with red corners so that I can find it in an instant.

“If I were to be made a knight,” said the Wart, staring dreamily into the fire, “I should insist on doing my vigil by myself, as Hob does with…