The Last Hunt Quotes

“Change will come, whether we wish it to or not. To fight it is like fighting the sunrise. Better to say, 'Ah, welcome old friend. Here you are again.”
― Bruce Coville, The Last Hunt

“But, really, why does anyone create? You feel a...a restlessness inside, a need to make something new, something no one has ever seen before. You want to add to the beauty and the richness of the world with a gift, an offering that is uniquely yours. It's an act of selfishness and generosity, all rolled into one.”
― Bruce Coville, The Last Hunt

“Still, the painful death of that unicorn had been satisfying to watch”
― Bruce Coville, The Last Hunt

“It is a pity that Earth has lost its dragons, for they added immeasurably to the strangeness of our world. This, it seemed to me, was a good thing.”
― Bruce Coville, The Last Hunt

“I looked far and wide
For a heart to stay true,
I found it at last
When at last I found you.

Though I may wander
In paths far from you
I'll always return
To the heart that stays true.”
― Bruce Coville, The Last Hunt

“(L)ittle is debated with greater ferocity than the question of what the creator owes the creation. Some feel you must hover over it, guarding it every moment. Others believe the highest, hardest, and most important task is to let go. They say that just as the parent must at some point release the child to the world, the creator must release the creation. Otherwise you stop it in its tracks, strangle its growth. Then you become not only its creator, but its executioner.”
― Bruce Coville, The Last Hunt

“But, really, why does anyone create? You feel a...restlessness inside, a need to make something new, something no one has ever seen before. You want to add to the beauty and the richness of the world with a gift, an offering that is uniquely yours. It's an act of selfishness and generosity, all rolled into one.”
― Bruce Coville, The Last Hunt

“When the King is mad, it is an honor to be an exile.”
― Bruce Coville, The Last Hunt

“In every separation lie the seeds of reunion, in every reunion the seeds of separation.”
― Bruce Coville, The Last Hunt