Two Hearts Quotes

“The unicorn had all the world in her eyes, all the world I'm never going to see, but it doesn't matter, because now I have seen it, and it's beautiful, and I was in there too.”
― Peter S. Beagle, Two Hearts

“He is a true hero," she said, "a dragonslayer, a giantkiller, 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.”
― Peter S. Beagle, Two Hearts

“She loved him too. That's why she let him go.”
― Peter S. Beagle, Two Hearts

“You must remind me, little one. When I... when I lose myself - when I lose her - you must remind me that I am still searching, still waiting... that I have never forgotten her, never turned from all she taught me. I sit in this place... I sit... because a king has to sit, you see... but in my mind, in my poor mind, I am always away with her....”
― Peter S. Beagle, Two Hearts

“I didn't know unicorns had names," I said. "I didn't know they ever loved people."
"They don't. Only this one." He turned and walked away swiftly, saying over his shoulder, "Her name was Amalthea.”
― Peter S. Beagle, Two Hearts

“A good wife isn't supposed to argue with her husband. My mother says you wait until he goes out, or he's asleep, and then you do what you want.”
― Peter S. Beagle, Two Hearts

“It's not you worries me. The king is a good man, and an old friend, but it has been a long time, and kings change. Even more than other people, kings change.”
― Peter S. Beagle, Two Hearts