“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“...no cat out of its first fur can ever be deceived by appearances. Unlike human beings, who enjoy them.”
― The Last Unicorn
― The Last Unicorn
“A rhinoceros is as ugly as a human being, and it too is going to die, but at least it never thinks that it is beautiful.”
― The Last Unicorn
― The Last Unicorn
“Besides, isn't it confoundedly easy to think you're a great man if you aren't burdened with the slightest idea that Rembrandt, Beethoven, Dante or Napoleon ever lived?”
― Chess Story
― Chess Story
“Men have to have heroes, but no man can ever be as big as the need, and so a legend grows around a grain of truth, like a pearl.”
― The Last Unicorn
― The Last Unicorn
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