Galahad is Lancelot's son with Elaine. He is the most deeply moral and religious characters in the novel and remains a virgin his whole life. He is one of the knights to find the Holy Grail, but never returns from the Quest, having become too perfect to return. Before finding the Grail, he spends six months on a boat with Lancelot where the two get to know each other.
Sir Galahad Quotes in The Once and Future King
The The Once and Future King quotes below are all either spoken by Sir Galahad or refer to Sir Galahad. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Book 3, Chapter 36
Quotes
Half the knights had been killed—the best half. What Arthur had feared from the start of the Grail Quest had come to pass. If you achieve perfection, you die. There had been nothing left for Galahad to ask of God, except death. The best knights had gone to perfection, leaving the worst to hold their sieges.
Related Characters:
Related Symbols:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Get the entire The Once and Future King LitChart as a printable PDF.
Sir Galahad Quotes in The Once and Future King
The The Once and Future King quotes below are all either spoken by Sir Galahad or refer to Sir Galahad. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Book 3, Chapter 36
Quotes
Half the knights had been killed—the best half. What Arthur had feared from the start of the Grail Quest had come to pass. If you achieve perfection, you die. There had been nothing left for Galahad to ask of God, except death. The best knights had gone to perfection, leaving the worst to hold their sieges.
Related Characters:
Related Symbols:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
