The Way Home: Two Novellas from the World of The Last Unicorn

by Peter S. Beagle

“He is a true hero,” she said, “a dragon slayer, a giant killer, a rescuer of maidens, a solver of impossible riddles. He may be the greatest hero of all, because he’s a good man as well. They aren’t always.”

The worst thing in this world is not to lose all you have. The worst thing in this world is not having your heart broken. Loss passes, pain passes—even heartbreak passes. The very worst thing in this world is to hurt a heart that cares for you. I know that now.

Because you can’t forget the ones who change you always, the ones who won’t ever forget you even if you should pass yourself and forget them. Who claim you forever. Whatever they are, wherever they are, whoever. Oh, whoever.