All Peter S. Beagle Quotes
- You have to be very deep to be dead, he thought, and I'm not. He began to have some concept of forever, and his mind… Began
- My son, your ineptitude is so vast, your incompetence so profound, that I am certain you are inhabited by greater power than I have ever… Certain
- Men have to have heroes, but no man can ever be as big as the need, and so a legend grows around a grain of… Big
- - and you are truly human now. You can love, and fear, and forbid things to be what they are, and overact. Fear
- The moon was gone, but to the magician's eyes the unicorn was the moon, cold and white and very old, lighting his way to safety,… Cold
- The woman I loved died because I did not love her enough - what greater sin is there than that?" (Uncle Chaim and Aunt Fifke… Angel
- How's the Angel of Death supposed to do his job with clipped wings? Angel
- Envy nobody. It is the true secret of happiness, or at least the only one I know. (By Moonlight) Envy
- The last unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone. All
- If she had touched me," he said very softly, "I would have been hers and not my own, not ever again. I wanted her to… Been
- Farewell,' she said. 'I hope you hear many more songs' - which was the best way she could think of to say good-bye to a… Best
- The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone. She was very old, though she did not know it, and she was… All
- Lir said, "It is my right. A hero is entitled to his happy ending, when it comes at last." But Schmendrick answered, "This is not… Answered
- She said, "I will go no farther." "There is no choice. We can only go on." The magician said again. "We can only go on. Choice
- there never is a happy ending because nothing ever ends. Ending
- I know how to live here, I know how everything smells, and tastes, and is. What could I ever search for in the world, except… Ever Search
- Sing to me," she said. "That would be valiant, to raise your voice in this dark, lonely place, and it will be useful as well.… Dark
- Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid of anything. Whatever you have been, you are mine now. I can hold you. Afraid
- song of elli (old age) "What is plucked will grow again, What is slain lives on, What is stolen will remain What is gone is… Age
- A Clock is not time; it's numbers and springs. Pay it no mind. Clock
- Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. Burdens
- The prince is very brave, to love a unicorn. A cat can appreciate valiant absurdity. Absurdity
- No cat out of its first fur can be decieved by appearances. Appearances