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Whatever can die is beautiful — more beautiful than a unicorn, who lives forever, and who is the most beautiful creature in the world. Do you understand me?
Peter S. Beagle
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Peter S. Beagle
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: April 20
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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.
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Marveling at his own boldness, he said softly, I would enter your sleep if I could, and guard you there, and slay the thing that hounds you, as I would if it had the courage to face me in fair daylight. But I cannot come in unless you dream of me.
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How's the Angel of Death supposed to do his job with clipped wings?
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But I still feel I waste a lot of time leaning on my elbow and thinking to myself, 'alright sucker, now what?'
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Never run from anything immortal. It attracts their attention.
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Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.
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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.
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..no 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.
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Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid of anything. Whatever you have been, you are mine now. I can hold you.
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What use is magic if it can't save a unicorn?
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It’s a rare man who is taken for what he truly is.
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We are not always what we seem, and hardly ever what we dream.
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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.
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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.
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There are honest people in the world, but only because the devil considers their asking prices ridiculous.
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What is plucked will grow again, What is slain lives on, What is stolen will remain-- What is gone is gone.
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...but the enchantment of error that you put on me I must wear forever in your eyes.
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Sing to me, she said. That would be valiant, to raise your voice in this dark, lonely place, and it will be useful as well. Sing to me, sing loudly-drown out my dreams, keep me from remembering whatever wants me to remember it. Sing to me, my lord prince, if it please you. It may not seem a hero's task, but I would be glad of it.
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What do men know? Because they have seen no unicorns for a while does not mean we have all vanished.
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There are no happy endings, because nothing ends.
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