Peter S. Beagle Quotes - Page 5

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

  Peter S. Beagle

  Cat, Fur, Firsts

  Peter S. Beagle (1968). “The Last Unicorn”, Roc

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• 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.

  Peter S. Beagle

  Fall, Hero, Voice

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• The woman I loved died because I did not love her enough - what greater sin is there than that?" (Uncle Chaim and Aunt Fifke and the Angel)

  Peter S. Beagle

  Uncles, Angel, Aunt

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• 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 the end, either for you or for her.

  Peter S. Beagle

  Hero, Lasts, Happy Endings

  Peter S. Beagle (1968). “The Last Unicorn”, Roc

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• 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 this again?

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  Smell, World, Taste

  Peter S. Beagle (1968). “The Last Unicorn”, Roc

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• I always say perseverance is nine-tenths of any art — not that it's much help to be nine-tenths an artist, of course.

  Peter S. Beagle

  Perseverance, Art, Nine

  Peter S. Beagle (2003). “A fine and private place: The last unicorn”

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• Ah. My story. Are you certain you wish to hear it? It is long, unlikely, and remarkably unedifying -- shameful, even, to come from a minister's lips. Blasphemous, too, properly regarded.

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  Long, Wish, Stories

  Peter S. Beagle (2009). “We Never Talk about My Brother”

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