Peter S Beagle Quotes

I am a cat, and no cat anywhere ever gave anyone a straight answer.

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 for unicorns. But I hope, of course I hope.

I feel a whole country growing inside me, thousands of years, millions of people, stupid, crazy, shrewd people, and all of them me. I never felt like that before, I never felt that there was anything...

I think love is stronger than habits or circumstances. I think it is possible to keep yourself for someone for a long time and still remember why you were waiting when she comes at last.

It was not her dream that chilled him, but that she did not weep as she told it. As a hero, he understood weeping women and knew how to make them stop crying--generally you killed something--but her c...

It would be a crime to eat such a mouse! he proclaimed everywhere. An absolute, shameful, yummy crime.

Like that Chinese monkey trying to grab the moon in the water, Uncle Chaim said to me once. That's me, a Chinese monkey.(Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel)

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.

Oh, more people than not have some magic, they just forget about it. Children use it all the time - what do you think jump rope rhymes are, or bouncing ball games, or cat's cradles? Where do you think...

She was one woman who knew what to do with a slight moral edge. The

Take me with you, for laughs, for luck, for the unknown. Take me with you.

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 universe and Claudio Bianchi had agreed long ago to leave one another alone, and he was grateful, knowing very well how rare such a bargain is, and how rarely kept. And if he had any complaints, h...

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. Wi...

There's more meaning than magic to this

They broaden our outlook… set us to looking inward…

Unicorn, mermaid, lamia, sorceress, Gorgon—no name you give her would surprise me, or frighten me. I love whom I love.

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 that was moving between Molly and the unicorn. Unicorns are...

You don't have to believe in Hell. All you need is to hear someone who really does, who believes in it this minute, today, the way people believe in 1685 — all you have to do is see his face, his voic...

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