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Peter S. Beagle Quotes

born 1939 United States

Peter Soyer Beagle (born 20 April 1939) is an American fantasist and author of novels, nonfiction, and screenplays.

United States
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Short story writers

Random Peter S. Beagle quote

43 quotes

He was only mildly startled that la strega was aware of his relationship with Giovanna: having lived most of his life in or near small southern villages, he would have been far more surprised if she had not.

In Calabria (2017)

Funny that I should become such a great believer in justice. I always used to open my history courses by telling the students that if they expected to hear a series of movie scenarios, with the good guys winning in the end, they might as well all go home because not only didn’t the good guys win, but there weren’t any good guys.

A Fine and Private Place (1960)

It was an old trick, one he remembered from every discussion and bull session he had ever taken part in: if you don’t know, make it up. Nobody ever admitted he didn’t know a quotation, or a book, or an essay on something. The rule also had a corollary: if you’re not sure, it’s Marlowe.

A Fine and Private Place (1960)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Peter S. Beagle (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.