No," he repeated, and this time the word tolled in another voice, a king's voice... whose grief was not for what he did not have, but for what he could not give.

We are not always what we seem, and hardly ever what we dream.

The last unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone.

...no place is more enchanted than where a unicorn has been born.

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

Take me with you. For laughs, for luck, for the unknown. Take me with you.

You ever want to see real witchcraft, you watch people protecting their comfort, their beliefs.

Unicorn. Old French, unicorne. Latin, unicornis. Literally, one-horned: unus, one and cornu,a horn. A fabulous animal resembling a horse with one horn.

Real magic can never be made by offering someone else's liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back.

Your name is a golden bell hung in my heart. I would break my body to pieces to call you once by your name.

The true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things...Things must happen when it is time for them to happen.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

Dumped doesn't even begin to describe it. If you're going to use a trash metaphor, incinerated is more like it.

There was that sound again--snap, then a footfall. She tried to whirl around as a dark form--Dear God--sprang with a splash from the darkness--grabbed her from behind, shoved her under the water.

Umpires are like emotional girlfriends, once they make up their minds, there is no point in arguing

When I was growing up, my parents always told me that I had to do what I thought was right and not listen to other people. That was hard for me.

I love Dickens because it makes me chuckle to myself so. He has taken me to another world and out of so many earthly miseries.

I wasn't attractive when I was growing up, and I don't think I am now.

When your outgo exceeds your income, the upshot may be your downfall.

I always felt like hanging around the pocket was trouble, but the truth is, the great players take the beatings in the pocket and expose themselves -- and that is the real risk.

People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl.