“The sidesaddle was designed to protect a maiden's virginity, while risking the maiden's neck. Rather much for rather little, I thought.”
“Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.”
“For a real knight, rescuing maidens would be an everyday event."..."Perhaps a true knight saves himself for the right maiden”
“His name is Arnold. But you’re not on a first name basis with him, and that’s not his first name. So that’s Mr. Arnold to you. Once you get to know him, he may let you call him by his first name, which is Grafmiller. His middle name is his wife’s maiden name: Maiden. Their maid’s first name is Maiden, and her last name is America. Maiden America, though I think she was made in China.”
“I would rather risk failure than achieve it without risk.”
“No fair maiden should die alone,”