“Geoffrey: Why, you chivalric fool—as if the way one fell down mattered.Richard: When the fall is all there is, it matters.”

“I've snapped and plotted all my life. There's no other way to be a king, alive and fifty all at the same time. ”

“Well, what family doesn't have its ups and downs?”

“Give me a little peace.A little? Why so modest? How about eternal peace? Now, there's a thought.”

“He came down from the North to Paris with a mind like Aristotle's and a form like mortal sin. We shattered the Commandments on the spot.”

“Fool!" cried the hunchback. "You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia,' but only slightly less well known is this: 'Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.”

“You never loved anyone who loved you back.”