Peter S. Beagle Quotes About Happy Endings

Quotes about: Happy Endings

• Heroes know that things must happen when it is time for them to happen. A quest may not simply be abandoned; unicorns may go unrescued for a long time, but not forever; a happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.

  Peter S. Beagle

  Hero, Long, Forever

  Peter S. Beagle (1968). “The Last Unicorn”, Roc

• The true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things. The swineherd cannot already be wed to the princess when he embarks on his adventures, nor can the boy knock on the witch's door when she is already away on vacation. The wicked uncle cannot be found out and foiled before he does something wicked. Things must happen when it is time for them to happen. Quests may not simply be abandoned; prophecies may not be left to rot like unpicked fruit; unicorns may go unrescued for a very long time, but not forever. The happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.

  Peter S. Beagle

  Uncles, Lying, Hero

  "The Last Unicorn". Book by Peter S. Beagle, 1968.

• There are no happy endings, because nothing ends.

  Peter S. Beagle

  Unicorn, Happy Endings, Ends

  "The Last Unicorn". www.imdb.com. 1982.

• there never is a happy ending because nothing ever ends.

  Peter S. Beagle

  Happy Endings, Ends

• 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.

  Peter S. Beagle

  Hero, Lasts, Happy Endings

  Peter S. Beagle (1968). “The Last Unicorn”, Roc

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