299 Quotes by Peter S. Beagle

The magician was studying her face with his green eyes. "Your face is wet," he said worriedly. "I hope that's spray. If you've become human enough to cry, then no magic in the world — oh, it must be spray. Come with me. It had better be spray.

Then what is magic for?" Prince Lír demanded wildly. "What use is wizardry if it cannot save a unicorn?" He gripped the magician's shoulder hard, to keep from falling. Schmedrick did not turn his head. With a touch of sad mockery in his voice, he said, "That's what heroes are for.

...no cat out of its first fur can ever be deceived by appearances. Unlike human beings, who enjoy them.

Haggard, I would not be you for all the world," he declared. "You have let your doom in by the front door, although it will not depart that way. (...) Farewell, poor Haggard, farewell!

If a man loved me, I would have talked myself into loving him, and I would have loved him very deeply after a while.

Never run from anything immortal. It attracts their attention.

What do men know? Because they have seen no unicorns for a while does not mean we have all vanished.

Unicorns are immortal. It is their nature to live alone in one place: usually a forest where there is a pool clear enough for them to see themselves -- for they are a little vain, knowing themselves to be the most beautiful.

You ever want to see real witchcraft, you watch people protecting their comfort, their beliefs.