You have bigger balls than some men I know.

MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he was mortal.

I thought of myself as a species of knight errant attacking dragons single-handedly and rescuing musical virtue in distress.

A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.

And then I thought that I had to be like Sherlock Holmes and I had to detach my mind at will to a remarkable degree so that I did not notice how much it was hurting inside my head.

We aren’t angels. Angels couldn’t breathe the air down here. They’d die.