" I thought the Templars took great pride in not knowing how to read?’

John frowns. ‘The knights do. But the chaplains and the servants have to know how. You cannot manage so much money across an empire, nor can you manage prayers and rites, without someone being literate, no matter what pride you take in ignorance. "

― Aminah Mae Safi , Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix