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Schmendrick stepped out into the open and said a few words.

— Peter S. Beagle The Last Unicorn (1968)

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Don't look back, and don't run. You must never run from anything immortal; it attracts their attention.

The Last Unicorn (1982)

The one delusion you never had in your life was the one about the permanence of happiness.

A Fine and Private Place (1960)

There are honest people in the world, but only because the devil considers their asking prices ridiculous.

A Fine and Private Place (1960)

I am infected with life and will die of it in time.

A Fine and Private Place (1960)

Beautiful is a word for young people. Beauty is a phase you grow through, like acne.

A Fine and Private Place (1960)

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From now on, everything in life will appear blurry to me. What’s the point of wiping my glasses when my vision has already left me?"

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You can never plan the future by the past.

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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past,
But an eternal now does always last.

Abraham Cowley Poems (1656)

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