A Knight's Tale (2001)
Shannyn Sossamon: Jocelyn
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Quotes
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Jocelyn : Sir Ulrick. What are you wearing to the ball tonight?
William : Er... nothing...
Jocelyn : Well, we shall cause a sensation, for I'll dress to match.
William : [annoyed] Don't you ever get tired of putting on clothes?
Chaucer : [whispers] I believe she was talking about taking them off, sir.
Jocelyn : A flower is only as good as its petals. Don't you think?
William : A flower is good for nothing. You can't eat a flower, a flower can't keep you warm...
Jocelyn : And a rose never knocked a man off a horse either, did it?
William : You're just a silly girl aren't you.
Jocelyn : Better a silly girl with a flower, than a silly boy with a horse and a stick...
[she walks away]
Wat : It's called a lance. Heellooo?
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Jocelyn : Do not shush me, and spare him. Now be gone! Go!
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Old Bishop : [after William rides into the cathedral on a horse to woo Jocelyn] Ladies! Does this not shock you?
Jocelyn : [feigning sadness] I only laugh to keep from weeping.
Old Bishop : I know, child. Pray that the years come quickly for you, taking your beauty so that you may better serve Him.
Jocelyn : I do, every day.
[raises hands to face]
Jocelyn : God, why did you curse me with this face?
Old Bishop : God has a plan we know not.
[offers hand to Jocelyn to kiss]
Jocelyn : [goes to kiss hand, but instead admires a costly ring on his finger] Oh, that is lovely...
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William : What do you think? Now that you know what I am?
Jocelyn : To know what you are, William, would take a lifetime. One I am most willing to give. But right now you've got to run. There's nothing else to do. Run and I will run with you.
William : Jocelyn, I cannot run. I'm a knight. And I will put myself to the hazard!
Roland : A knight in your heart but not on paper. And paper's all that matters to them!
Jocelyn : William, I love you. I love you. You... and I'm sorry but I won't see you led away, bound for the stocks.
William : Oh, but you will see me run? No!
Jocelyn : Damn your pride, William! It is you and only you that will not see you run!
William : My pride is the only thing they can't take away from me!
Jocelyn : But they can take it from you! They can and they will. Oh, they will. But love they cannot take.
William : And... and where will we live? In... in my hovel? With the pigs inside in the winter so they won't freeze?
Jocelyn : [crying] Yes, William, with the pigs... with the pigs. The poor can marry for love.
William : [angry] Oh, Jocelyn, you speak of what you do not know!
Jocelyn : William, I beg you! Please... run. Do it for love.
William : [William turns around, looking desperately for support] Roland, you would see me run?
[Roland nods and looks down]
William : And you, Geoff?
Chaucer : Yes, I wish you to with all the pieces of my heart.
William : Wat, you and I, we aren't runners.
Wat : [Wat smiles, but is holding back tears] Yes... William, today we are.
Kate : Run, William.
William : NO!
[Jocelyn closes her eyes, tears leaking down her cheeks]
William : I will not run! I am a knight!
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Jocelyn : Even the peasants can marry for love.
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Jocelyn : I love you. There is nothing else to do. Run and I will run with you.