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“Was it worth it? My death, I mean. Did I die for something worthwhile?”
“He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love.”
“Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.”
“After all of this you're still 'Rayhan the Chivalrous', full of hope and optimism?”
“The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace.”
“Because of their DNA, most men loved a damsel in distress. Every time a man sees a pretty lass in trouble, even the boorish slob-of-a-man transforms into a chivalrous knight-in-shining-armour. This...”
“Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chivalry worth having is that which is the readiest to to pay deference to the old, protect the feeble,...”
“Whatever the theories may be of womans dependence on man, in the supreme moments of her life he can not bear her burdens. Alone she goes to the gates of death to give life to every man that is born...”
“How the little courtesies of life on the surface of society, deemed so important from man towards woman, fade into utter insignificance in view of the deeper tragedies in which she must play her pa...”
“I remembered a definition of chivalry I'd heard once: a man protecting a woman against every man but himself.”
“His staff had shaken hands with her as though a woman was merely another kind of man. Fools! The seeds of Eve were in this radiant creature. The lullabyes of half a million years throbbed in her th...”
“Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.”
“When boys unite hearts they become gentlemen.”
“He leaned forward and opened his door, politely standing aside to let me by before following me in. There are some advantages to dating a guy from another era, I thought. Though I am a big believer...”
“Gentleman: An imaginary creature found in Jane Austen novels.”
“After only a few moments in her presence, he found himself wondering what dragon he might slay for her.”
“In the system of chivalry, men protect women against men. This is not unlike the protection relationship which [organized crime] established with small businesses in the early part of this century....”
“He firmly pulled her body against his and he brushed her lips with his. Staring into her eyes, he lightly slid his tongue across her bottom lip. She drew a deep, staggered breath in response to the...”
“Lovers and warriors are not bound by the rules of fair play.”
“Many of those who elected to remain might have escaped. 'Chivalry' is a mild appellation for their conduct. Some of the vaunted knights of old were desperate cowards by comparison. A fight in the o...”
