Peter S. Beagle quotes

The Unicorn Sonata ... tells us that our true home is often right around the corner, if we'd only open our eyes - and our ears - to find it. (Peter S. Beagle)
When I was very young every grownup was a hero. It's been all downhill since then, and I have only two left.
Peter S. Beagle
Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed.
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The horns came riding in like the rainbow masts of silver ships.
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The true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things. ... Things must happen when it is time for them to happen.
Peter S. Beagle
My people are in the world again. No sorrow will live in my heart as long as that joy - save one, and I thank you for that, too.
Peter S. Beagle
Don't look back, and don't run. You must never run from anything immortal; it attracts their attention.
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You are not mean. Cranky is different.
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I am the only Unicorn there is? The Last?
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The happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.
Peter S. Beagle
Now he spoke them gently and with joy, and as did so he felt his immortality fall from him like an armour, or like a shroud. (Peter S. Beagle)
Schmendrick stepped out into the open and said a few words.
Peter S. Beagle
The true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things. ... Things must happen when it is time for them to happen. Quests may not simply be abandoned; prophecies may not be left to rot like unpicked fruit; unicorns may go unrescued for a very long time, but not forever. The happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.
Peter S. Beagle
He was only mildly startled that la strega was aware of his relationship with Giovanna: having lived most of his life in or near small southern villages, he would have been far more surprised if she had not.
Peter S. Beagle