Occupation: Author Birth: April 20, 1939
I am no king, and I am no lord, And I am no soldier at-arms," said he. "I'm none but a harper, and a very poor harper, That am come hither to wed wit….
...no place is more enchanted than where a unicorn has been born..
I am what I am. I would tell you what you want to know if I could, for you have been kind to me. But I am a cat, and no cat anywhere ever gave anyone….
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 ….
Take me with you. For laughs, for luck, for the unknown. Take me with you..
All lives are composed of two basic elements," the squirrel said, "purpose and poetry. By being ourselves, squirrel and raven, we fulfill the first r….
Her voice left a flavor of honey and gunpowder on the air..
The Lady Amalthea beckoned, and the cat wriggled all over, like a dog, but he would not come near... She was offering her open palm to the crook-eare….
I suppose I could understand it if men had simply forgotten unicorns, but not to see them at all, to look at them and see something else — what do th….
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….
The last unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone..
Envy nobody. It is the true secret of happiness, or at least the only one I know. (By Moonlight).
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….
You pile of stones, you waste, you desolation, I'll stuff you with misery till it comes out of your eyes. I'll change your heart into green grass, an….
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….
I am afraid! It is not starving I fear, or talking to people, or even being alone. But I cannot bear to be useless and ineffectual. There must be som….
It’s a rare man who is taken for what he truly is..
Ravens bring things to people. We're like that. It's our nature. We don't like it..
What is plucked will grow again, What is slain lives on, What is stolen will remain-- What is gone is gone..
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 f….
- and you are truly human now. You can love, and fear, and forbid things to be what they are, and overact..