Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.

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 for its spoiling. I became a hero to serve you, and all that is like you.

She said, "I will go no farther." "There is no choice. We can only go on." The magician said again. "We can only go on.

The unicorn halted in her slow, desperate round of the cage, realizing for the first time that the magician understood her speech. He smiled, and she saw that his face was frighteningly young for a grown man-untraveled by time, unvisited by grief or wisdom. "I know you," he said.

They know these mornings well and love them desperately because they cannot last - these people who know that nothing lasts.

The most professional curse ever snarled or croaked or thundered can have no effect on a pure heart.

What use is wizardry if it cannot save a Unicorn?