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Peter S. Beagle Quotes

Peter S. Beagle quotes

American Author April 20, 1939

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...because in a way it happened to someone else. I don't really speak that person's language anymore, and when I think about her, she embarrasses me sometimes, but I don't want to forget her, I don't want to pretend she never existed. So before I start forgetting, I have to get down exactly who she was, and exactly how she felt about everything. She was me a lot longer than I've been me so far. Peter S. Beagle
But I felt them...hungry shadows who knew my name, clawing at my mind and my soul to be let in - and if I let them in there would be nothing left of me but skin; nothing but a shadow inside, like themselves. (By Moonlight) Peter S. Beagle
Peter S. Beagle quote: "I like being brave well enough, but I will be a lazy coward..."
I like being brave well enough, but I will be a lazy coward again if you think that would be better. Peter S. Beagle
Peter S. Beagle quote: "So you're an angel, fine, that's terrific. Now give me back my..."
So you're an angel, fine, that's terrific. Now give me back my shadows. (Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel) Peter S. Beagle
Peter S. Beagle quote: "Outside, the night lay coiled in the street, cobra-cold and..."
Outside, the night lay coiled in the street, cobra-cold and scaled with stars. Peter S. Beagle
Peter S. Beagle quote: "Beyond the town, darker than dark, King Haggard's castle..."
Beyond the town, darker than dark, King Haggard's castle teetered like a lunatic on stilts... Peter S. Beagle
Peter S. Beagle quote: "Wisdom is finding joy in bewilderment"
Wisdom is finding joy in bewilderment Peter S. Beagle
Peter S. Beagle quote: "There are honest people in the world, but only because the..."
There are honest people in the world, but only because the devil considers their asking prices ridiculous. Peter S. Beagle
Peter S. Beagle quote: "no cat out of its first fur can ever be deceived by..."
...no cat out of its first fur can ever be deceived by appearances. Unlike human beings, who enjoy them. Peter S. Beagle
Peter S. Beagle quote: "Don't look back and don't run. You must never run from..."
Don't look back and don't run. You must never run from anything immortal. It attracts their attention. Peter S. Beagle
The Blue Jay's Lullab? Spiders and sowbugs and beetles and crickets, Slugs from the roses and ticks from the thickets, Grasshoppers, snails, and a quail's egg or tw? All to be regurgitated for you. Lullaby, lullaby, swindles and schemes, Flying's not near as much fun as it seems. Peter S. Beagle
Peter S. Beagle quote: "Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their..."
Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. Peter S. Beagle
Peter S. Beagle quote: "The baloney weighed the raven down, and the shopkeeper almost..."
The baloney weighed the raven down, and the shopkeeper almost caught him as he whisked out the delicatessen door. Peter S. Beagle
You were the one who taught me," he said. "I never looked at you without seeing the sweetness of the way the world goes together, or without sorrow for its spoiling. I became a hero to serve you, and all that is like you. Peter S. Beagle
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

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