Bayan Quotes in The Black Rose (1950)

Walter of Gurnie: Oh, how do we find your tent?

Bayan: Scholar, if any man in my army can't tell you where my tent is, our poetic young bowman can use him as a target.

Bayan: That's the only way you can ever sleep soundly, you know, when your enemy's sleep is eternal.

Bayan: Well, it's worth something to be willing to die for something.

Bayan: You can refuse to go if you want to. The risk is great enough.

Walter of Gurnie: No. I'll go, my Lord.

Bayan: It's settled then.

[as Walter turns to go]

Bayan: Scholar? Maybe I'm a little sorry I thought of this journey for you, but be sure of this: if they kill you, I'll kill 10 of them for every hair on your head... I have a strange feeling I may not see you again... If that's true, I'll miss you, Scholar... I don't miss many men.

Walter of Gurnie: Well, for your sake, I'll try not to get killed.

Bayan: At least I'm good enough to know, no war was ever won that was fought in the same way as the war before it.