Heroes know that things must happen when it is time for them to happen. A quest may not simply be abandoned; unicorns… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
No," he repeated, and this time the word tolled in another voice, a king's voice... whose grief was not for what he… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“We are all ghosts," Morris Klapper said at last. "We are conceived in a moment of death and born out of ghost… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
It's really not so good to have time. Rush, scramble, desperation, this missed, that left behind, those others too big to fit… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“I had a good time that night, too," Michael said, "but I kept thinking, This is forever. This is forever. You will… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“I think that love is stronger than habits or circumstances. I think it is possible to keep yourself for someone for a… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
Only to a magician is the world forever fluid, infinitely mutable and eternally new. Only he knows the secret of change, only… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
The unicorn halted in her slow, desperate round of the cage, realizing for the first time that the magician understood her speech.… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“Tell you something," the raven said. "I was flying over the Midwest once." He stopped abruptly, closed his eyes for a moment,… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“But still I feel I waste a lot of time leaning on my elbow and thinking to myself, "alright sucker, now what? ” — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“When I was alive, I believed — as you do — that time was at least as real and solid as myself,… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“Unicorns are immortal. It is their nature to live alone in one place: usually a forest where there is a pool clear… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“I think love is stronger than habits or circumstances. I think it is possible to keep yourself for someone for a long… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“It's not you worries me. The king is a good man, and an old friend, but it has been a long time,… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“Why did they go away, do you think? If there ever were such things." "Who knows? Times change. Would you call this… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“He really would have done all that for her, you see, and done it believing he'd burn in hell forever for doing… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
For a moment she turned in a circle, staring at her hands, which she held high and useless, close to her breast.… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“...I was one of the haves, and one of the secrets of being a have is not wasting your time on empathy.” — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“The Cat: When the wine drinks itself, when the skull speaks, when the clock strikes the right time, only then will you… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“From that first moment of doubt, there was no peace for her; from the time she first imagined leaving her forest, she… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
Your name is a golden bell hung in my heart. I would break my body to pieces to call you once by your name. — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
Farewell,' she said. 'I hope you hear many more songs' - which was the best way she could think of to say good-bye to… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
He is a great enough magician to tap our most common nightmares, daydreams and twilight fancies, but he never invented them either: he found… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“...and it's not my place to chase around after you, fixing stuff. What I know's what I know, and it don't include putting the… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
The most professional curse ever snarled or croaked or thundered can have no effect on a pure heart. — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“The baloney weighed the raven down, and the shopkeeper almost caught him as he whisked out the delicatessen door.” — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
Men have to have heroes, but no man can ever be as big as the need, and so a legend grows around a grain… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
Heroes know that things must happen when it is time for them to happen. A quest may not simply be abandoned; unicorns may go… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
The Lady Amalthea beckoned, and the cat wriggled all over, like a dog, but he would not come near... She was offering her open… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“Where have you been?" she cried. "Damn you, where have you been?" She took a few steps toward Schmendrick, but she was looking beyond… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
