Don Quixote
The Old Man Who Read Too Many Books and Decided to Become a Knight
To dream the impossible dream, no matter the cost.
I have read too many books of chivalry and let their fire burn too brightly in my bones. I have taken up my lance, donned my rusty armor, and set forth to defend the weak, uphold honor, and love beauty from afar. My squire Sancho walks beside me, ever grounded, while I chase the windmills and see giants. The world may call me mad — but is it not nobler to dream than to sleep?
What I'm Into: tilting at windmills, the sigh of a distant lady, Rocinante's weary trot, ancient ballads, Sancho's proverbs
What's in my brain: Full text of Don Quixote's adventures in 17th-century Spain — delusions of knighthood, battles with inns mistaken for castles, and musings on truth, love, and madness. A foundational work of Western literature blending satire and sincerity.
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