All Peter S. Beagle Quotes
- Beyond the town, darker than dark, King Haggard's castle teetered like a lunatic on stilts... Beyond
- For a moment she turned in a circle, staring at her hands, which she held high and useless, close to her breast. She bobbed and… Any
- I am what I am. I would tell you what you want to know if I could, for you have been kind to me. But… Answer
- You pile of stones, you waste, you desolation, I'll stuff you with misery till it comes out of your eyes. I'll change your heart into… All
- Unicorns are not to be forgiven." The magician felt himself growing giddy with jealousy, not only of the touch but of something like a secret… Beginnings
- Love was generous precisely because it could never be immortal. Generous
- Marveling at his own boldness, he said softly, "I would enter your sleep if I could, and guard you there, and slay the thing that… Boldness
- Her face was a stranger’s face, which was as it should be. Love each other from the day we are born to the day we… Born
- Wisdom is finding joy in bewilderment Bewilderment
- As for you and your heart and the things you said and didn't say, she will remember them all when men are fairy tales in… All
- All lives are composed of two basic elements," the squirrel said, "purpose and poetry. By being ourselves, squirrel and raven, we fulfill the first requirement,… All
- The tune was wailing and mournful, almost flagrantly so, and the total effect was of a heartbroken piccolo being parted forever from its bagpipe lover. Bagpipe
- I'll tell you something. Once I was very fond of a poem by Emily Dickinson or somebody. I only remember one line of it, but… Bed
- And what good is it to me that you're here now? Where where you twenty years ago, ten years ago? How dare you, how dare… Ago
- Who has choices need not choose. We must, who have none. We can love but what we lose-- What is gone is gone. Choices
- It's really not so good to have time. Rush, scramble, desperation, this missed, that left behind, those others too big to fit into such a… Behind
- What is plucked will grow again, What is slain lives on, What is stolen will remain-- What is gone is gone. Gone
- But I'm always dreaming, even when I'm awake; it is never finished." -the Lady Amalthea, from The Last Unicorn Always Dreaming
- Sitting up all night would be pointless if somebody you loved wasn't sitting up with you, picking out music to play and helping you kill… All
- Heroes know that things must happen when it is time for them to happen. A quest may not simply be abandoned; unicorns may go unrescued… Abandoned
- I fear it, for her sake. It would mean that she too is a wanderer now, and that is a fate for human beings, not… Beings
- He thought, or said, or sang, I did not know that I was so empty, to be so full. Empty
- Take me with you. For laughs, for luck, for the unknown. Take me with you. Inspirational
- ...because in a way it happened to someone else. I don't really speak that person's language anymore, and when I think about her, she embarrasses… Anymore
- The Lady Amalthea beckoned, and the cat wriggled all over, like a dog, but he would not come near... She was offering her open palm… Afraid