- Queen Briana: When Cynan stole our home that day, he took much more than land and a castle. He took our innocence. I wonder if I shall ever be able to trust in the goodness of the world the way I once did.
- Prince Valiant: I want no fuss. There is to be no party; that's all there is to it.
- Queen Briana: And since when, Valiant, does a prince give orders to a queen?
- King William: [laughs] Yes, it's good to be home.
- Sir Gawain: If you're going to be a hero you'd best prepare yourself for banquets and honors. They're among the most pleasurable parts of the job.
- Sir Gawain: That was a nasty fall you took, boy. How do you feel?
- Prince Valiant: Fine. Fine.
- Sir Gawain: He feels fine, but I ache in every bone. Oh, the injustice of age.
- Sir Gawain: I hate autumn. It is a wicked season. A harbinger of endings and decay. A time when fullness is past, and passions are slipping into memory. It is a stealthy hand, stealing away the heat, fading the glorious colors of summer. Leaving in their place, loneliness and heartbreak.
- Queen Briana: If Arthur is half the man you describe him to be, he knows that knighthood is your destiny. And it is time for you to fulfill that destiny.
- King William: Know that wherever you go, whatever road you follow, our love and our prayers will go with you.
- Sir Bryant: Please, lad, do not refer to me as a hero. I prefer to be regarded as what I am: a good soldier. I find the trappings of heroism to be tedious: the endless banquets and pageants and ceremony... No. I have no need of medals and speeches. My reward is that of a job well done, a fight well fought. When I have died, I do not want a laurel wreath placed upon my head. I want instead, a soldier's helmet.
- Sir Bryant: You are about to be armed as a soldier, and a man. To be recognized as one of the bravest, and best.
- Sir Gawain: Yes, think of it, boy. You're about to join the ranks of those envied by their fellow man. And adored by every maiden who draws breath.
- Prince Valiant: To want to be a knight, Denys, that is a fine and noble dream. But as for battle and killing, there is little beauty to be found there. Only pain, and misery, and death.
- Denys: But, Valiant, without fighting, how do we stop the wrong?
- Prince Valiant: I wondered the same thing when the messenger brought this to me.
- Denys: It says that Sir Mordred is amassing an army, and that he may be planning to attack Camelot someday.
- Prince Valiant: Yes. And that he is gathering his army... with Owen's help.