Peter S. Beagle Quotes

Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Peter S. Beagle

  1. Home
    2. ›
  2. Peter S. Beagle Quotes

Peter S. Beagle Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from Peter S. Beagle on Wise Famous Quotes.

Peter S. Beagle quotes: Girls like poems better than dead dragons and magic swords, Girls like poems better than dead dragons and magic swords,
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Take me with you. For laughs, for luck, for the unknown. Take me with you. Take me with you. For laughs, for luck, for the unknown. Take me with you.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Envy nobody. It is the true secret of happiness, or at least the only one I know. (By Moonlight) Envy nobody. It is the true secret of happiness, or at least the only one I know. (By Moonlight)
Peter S. Beagle quotes: That is most of it, being a wizard - seeing and listening. That is most of it, being a wizard - seeing and listening.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: A rhinoceros is as ugly as a human being, and it too is going to die, but at least it never thinks that it is beautiful. A rhinoceros is as ugly as a human being, and it too is going to die, but at least it never thinks that it is beautiful.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: What is plucked will grow again, What is slain lives on, What is stolen will remainWhat is gone is gone. What is plucked will grow again,
What is slain lives on,
What is stolen will remain
What is gone is gone.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: 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, or to madness. 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, or to madness.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: There are no happy endings, because nothing ends. There are no happy endings, because nothing ends.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Avicenna California ... Museum of my twisted youth, vault of my dearest and most disgusting memories. Avicenna California ... Museum of my twisted youth, vault of my dearest and most disgusting memories.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Don't look back and don't run. You must never run from anything immortal. It attracts their attention. Don't look back and don't run. You must never run from anything immortal. It attracts their attention.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: 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 known. 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 known.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: I will kill you if you set me free,' the eyes said. 'Set me free. I will kill you if you set me free,' the eyes said. 'Set me free.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: The sight of men filled her with an old, slow, strange mixture of tenderness and terror. The sight of men filled her with an old, slow, strange mixture of tenderness and terror.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Haven't you ever been in a fairy tale before? Haven't you ever been in a fairy tale before?
Peter S. Beagle quotes: How's the Angel of Death supposed to do his job with clipped wings? How's the Angel of Death supposed to do his job with clipped wings?
Peter S. Beagle quotes: There's a line in the Bible about perfect love casting out fear. That I don't know about, but orneriness will do it every time. There's a line in the Bible about perfect love casting out fear. That I don't know about, but orneriness will do it every time.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: I am infected with life and will die of it in time. I am infected with life and will die of it in time.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Wisdom is finding joy in bewilderment Wisdom is finding joy in bewilderment
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Outside, the night lay coiled in the street, cobra-cold and scaled with stars. Outside, the night lay coiled in the street, cobra-cold and scaled with stars.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Ah, love may be strong, but a habit is stronger,And I knew when I loved by the way I behaved. Ah, love may be strong, but a habit is stronger,
And I knew when I loved by the way I behaved.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Your name is a golden bell hung in my heart. I would break my body to pieces to call you once by your name. Your name is a golden bell hung in my heart. I would break my body to pieces to call you once by your name.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: I like being brave well enough, but I will be a lazy coward again if you think that would be better. I like being brave well enough, but I will be a lazy coward again if you think that would be better.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: O meal is good enough to justify all the money and effort wasted in preparing it. It is an illusion and an expense. Live as I do, undeceived. O meal is good enough to justify all the money and effort wasted in preparing it. It is an illusion and an expense. Live as I do, undeceived.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: 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 truth, like a pearl. 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 truth, like a pearl.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: You're in the story with the rest of us now, and you must go with it, whether you will or no. You're in the story with the rest of us now, and you must go with it, whether you will or no.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: A dream that returns so often is like to be a messenger, come to warn you of the future or to remind you of things untimely forgotten. A dream that returns so often is like to be a messenger, come to warn you of the future or to remind you of things untimely forgotten.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: When I was very young every grownup was a hero. It's been all downhill since then, and I have only two left. 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 quotes: I love whom I love. I love whom I love.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: But still I feel I waste a lot of time leaning on my elbow and thinking to myself, alright sucker, now what? But still I feel I waste a lot of time leaning on my elbow and thinking to myself, alright sucker, now what?
Peter S. Beagle quotes: What use is wizardry if it cannot save a Unicorn? What use is wizardry if it cannot save a Unicorn?
Peter S. Beagle quotes: There is an old saying that there is no country as unhappy as one that need heroes.(King Pelles the Sure) There is an old saying that there is no country as unhappy as one that need heroes.
(King Pelles the Sure)
Peter S. Beagle quotes: The torches went out, and in the darkness, he placed his lips to my ear. I believe you because I choose to; not because I do. The torches went out, and in the darkness, he placed his lips to my ear. I believe you because I choose to; not because I do.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: It's a rare man who is taken for what he truly is. It's a rare man who is taken for what he truly is.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: But I'm always dreaming, even when I'm awake; it is never finished. But I'm always dreaming, even when I'm awake; it is never finished.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Forget it, Jonathan, and go back to sleep. And before you go to sleep, pray that no well-meaning god ever makes you immortal. Forget it, Jonathan, and go back to sleep. And before you go to sleep, pray that no well-meaning god ever makes you immortal.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Ravens bring things to people. We're like that. It's our nature. We don't like it. Ravens bring things to people. We're like that. It's our nature. We don't like it.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: You ever want to see real witchcraft, you watch people protecting their comfort, their beliefs. You ever want to see real witchcraft, you watch people protecting their comfort, their beliefs.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: There's more meaning than magic to this. The There's more meaning than magic to this. The
Peter S. Beagle quotes: 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? 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?
Peter S. Beagle quotes: The Last Unicorn The Last Unicorn
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Love was generous precisely because it could never be immortal. Love was generous precisely because it could never be immortal.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: She was one woman who knew what to do with a slight moral edge. The She was one woman who knew what to do with a slight moral edge. The
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid of anything. Whatever you have been, you are mine now. I can hold you. Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid of anything. Whatever you have been, you are mine now. I can hold you.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Prodigies began to waken somewhere southwest of his twelfth rib, and he himself- still mirroring the Lady Amalthea- began to shine. Prodigies began to waken somewhere southwest of his twelfth rib, and he himself- still mirroring the Lady Amalthea- began to shine.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: 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 butterfly. 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 butterfly.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: She loved him too. That's why she let him go. She loved him too. That's why she let him go.
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. 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 quotes: I sometimes think that a little fear, a little hunger, might be good for us - sharpen our souls, I sometimes think that a little fear, a little hunger, might be good for us - sharpen our souls,
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Real magic can never be made by offering someone else's liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back. Real magic can never be made by offering someone else's liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: We are not always what we seem, and hardly ever what we dream. We are not always what we seem, and hardly ever what we dream.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: ...the bad dreams are the way I bleed... ...the bad dreams are the way I bleed...
Peter S. Beagle quotes: If a man loved me, I would have talked myself into loving him, and I would have loved him very deeply after a while. If a man loved me, I would have talked myself into loving him, and I would have loved him very deeply after a while.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: It cannot be an ill fortune to have loved a unicorn, It cannot be an ill fortune to have loved a unicorn,
Peter S. Beagle quotes: The last unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone. The last unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: The horns came riding in like the rainbow masts of silver ships. The horns came riding in like the rainbow masts of silver ships.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: What use is magic if it can't save a unicorn? What use is magic if it can't save a unicorn?
Peter S. Beagle quotes: I was one of the haves, and one of the secrets of being a have is not wasting your time on empathy. I was one of the haves, and one of the secrets of being a have is not wasting your time on empathy.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Stories never end. We end. Stories never end. We end.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: - and you are truly human now. You can love, and fear, and forbid things to be what they are, and overact. - and you are truly human now. You can love, and fear, and forbid things to be what they are, and overact.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: But she knew beyond both hope and vanity that men had changed, and the world with them, because the unicorns were gone. But she knew beyond both hope and vanity that men had changed, and the world with them, because the unicorns were gone.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: I always say perseverance is nine-tenths of any art - not that it's much help to be nine-tenths an artist, of course. 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 quotes: No," she said, answering his eyes. "I can never regret."[ ... ]"I can sorrow," she offered gently, "but it's not the same thing. No," she said, answering his eyes. "I can never regret."[ ... ]"I can sorrow," she offered gently, "but it's not the same thing.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: No sorrow will live in me as long as that joysave one, and I thank you for that, too. No sorrow will live in me as long as that joy
save one, and I thank you for that, too.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: 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) 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 quotes: The baloney weighed the raven down, and the shopkeeper almost caught him as he whisked out the delicatessen door. The baloney weighed the raven down, and the shopkeeper almost caught him as he whisked out the delicatessen door.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: A Clock is not time; it's numbers and springs. Pay it no mind. A Clock is not time; it's numbers and springs. Pay it no mind.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: The magician stood erect, menacing the attackers with demons, metamorphoses, paralyzing ailments, and secret judo holds. Molly picked up a rock. The magician stood erect, menacing the attackers with demons, metamorphoses, paralyzing ailments, and secret judo holds. Molly picked up a rock.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Beyond the town, darker than dark, King Haggard's castle teetered like a lunatic on stilts ... Beyond the town, darker than dark, King Haggard's castle teetered like a lunatic on stilts ...
Peter S. Beagle quotes: They know these mornings well and love them desperately because they cannot last - these people who know that nothing lasts. They know these mornings well and love them desperately because they cannot last - these people who know that nothing lasts.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: This body is dying. I can feel it rotting all around me. How can anything that is going to die be real? How can it be truly beautiful? This body is dying. I can feel it rotting all around me. How can anything that is going to die be real? How can it be truly beautiful?
Peter S. Beagle quotes: 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 books written by rabbits. 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 books written by rabbits.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: The enchantment of error that you put on me I must wear forever in your eyes. We are not always what we seem, and hardly ever what we dream. Still The enchantment of error that you put on me I must wear forever in your eyes. We are not always what we seem, and hardly ever what we dream. Still
Peter S. Beagle quotes: I am a good runner. There are many faster, but not so many for whom it has been as necessary to learn to become nothing but flight. I am a good runner. There are many faster, but not so many for whom it has been as necessary to learn to become nothing but flight.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: How terrible to be forgotten by the god that made you, even if you're just a room. How could you love something that could do that anytime? How terrible to be forgotten by the god that made you, even if you're just a room. How could you love something that could do that anytime?
Peter S. Beagle quotes: There are honest people in the world, but only because the devil considers their asking prices ridiculous. There are honest people in the world, but only because the devil considers their asking prices ridiculous.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: What do men know? Because they have seen no unicorns for a while does not mean we have all vanished. What do men know? Because they have seen no unicorns for a while does not mean we have all vanished.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: How terrible it would be if all my people had been turned human by well-meaning wizards - exiled, How terrible it would be if all my people had been turned human by well-meaning wizards - exiled,
Peter S. Beagle quotes: We are our own dragons and our own heroes. We must rescue ourselves from ourselves. We are our own dragons and our own heroes. We must rescue ourselves from ourselves.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: It would be a crime to eat such a mouse!" he proclaimed everywhere. "An absolute, shameful, yummy crime. It would be a crime to eat such a mouse!" he proclaimed everywhere. "An absolute, shameful, yummy crime.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: 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. 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.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: I'm a magician with no magic, and that's no one at all. I'm a magician with no magic, and that's no one at all.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Anyone can say he's a magician these days. The old standards are gone, the old values have been abandoned. Besides, a real magician has a beard. Anyone can say he's a magician these days. The old standards are gone, the old values have been abandoned. Besides, a real magician has a beard.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: No place is more enchanted than where a unicorn has been born. No place is more enchanted than where a unicorn has been born.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: For no one can keep a unicorn in his head for long; For no one can keep a unicorn in his head for long;
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Once you had your man, you let all your accomplishments go. You don't sew or sing any more, you haven't illuminated a manuscript in years - and Once you had your man, you let all your accomplishments go. You don't sew or sing any more, you haven't illuminated a manuscript in years - and
Peter S. Beagle quotes: I love you," Laura said hopelessly. "I'd love you if you were afraid of everything in the world. I love you," Laura said hopelessly. "I'd love you if you were afraid of everything in the world.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: I will keep the colour of your eyes until no other in the world remembers your name. I will keep the colour of your eyes until no other in the world remembers your name.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: I love whom I love," Prince Lir repeated firmly. "You have no power over anything that matters. I love whom I love," Prince Lir repeated firmly. "You have no power over anything that matters.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Her voice left a flavor of honey and gunpowder on the air. Her voice left a flavor of honey and gunpowder on the air.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: When you walk, you make an echo where they used to be. When you walk, you make an echo where they used to be.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: The most professional curse ever snarled or croaked or thundered can have no effect on a pure heart. The most professional curse ever snarled or croaked or thundered can have no effect on a pure heart.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: You think this is living? This is eating, nothing else. You think this is living? This is eating, nothing else.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: No cat out of its first fur can ever be deceived by appearances. Unlike human beings, who enjoy them. No cat out of its first fur can ever be deceived by appearances. Unlike human beings, who enjoy them.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: She is a story with no ending, happy or sad. She can never belong to anything mortal enough to want her. Most She is a story with no ending, happy or sad. She can never belong to anything mortal enough to want her. Most
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Hell of an ornithologist you'd make. Hell of an ornithologist you'd make.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: But the enchantment of error that you put on me I must wear forever in your eyes. But the enchantment of error that you put on me I must wear forever in your eyes.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: A hero is entitled to his happy ending, when it comes at last. A hero is entitled to his happy ending, when it comes at last.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale. Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.
Peter S. Beagle quotes: All right, all right for you, you pretentious kneecap! How would you like a punch in the eye? All right, all right for you, you pretentious kneecap! How would you like a punch in the eye?
Peter S. Beagle quotes: She was no longer the careless color of sea foam, but rather the color of snow falling on a moonlit night. She was no longer the careless color of sea foam, but rather the color of snow falling on a moonlit night.

Famous Authors

Popular Topics

Authors | Topics | About | Contact | Policy | Sitemap

Copyright © 2025 Wise Famous Quotes. All Rights Reserved.