~ ~ Unicorn Quotes ~ ~
"Like a lion, without fear of the howling pack;
Like a gust of wind, ne're trapped in a snare;
Like a lotus blossom, ne're sprinkled by water;
Like me, like a unicorn, in solitude roam."
~ Hymn of Buddha
"Now I will believe that there are unicorns..."
~ William Shakespeare; The Tempest
"Do you know, I always thought unicorns were fabulous, monsters too?"
"I never saw one alive before!"
"Well, now that we have seen each other," said the unicorn,
"If you believe in me, I'll believe in you."
~ Lewis Carroll; Through the Looking Glass
"To this day, it is said, malicious animals poison this water after sundown,
so that none can thereupon drink it. But early in the morning,
as soon as the sun rises, a unicorn comes out of the ocean,
dips his horn into the water to expel the venom from it
so that the other animals may drink thereof during the day.
This as I describe it. I saw it with my own eyes."
~ Johannes van Hesse of Utrecht; 1389
"The people that see them share some of the unicorn's traits-
they're lonely...with virtuous hearts."
~ Ally McBeal
"The unicorn", she said, "was a marvelous beast, shining with honor,
wisdom and strenth. Just to see him strengthened the soul."
~ Megan Lindholm; The Unicorn in the Maze
"Then, what is magic for?"
"What use is wizardry if it cannot save a unicorn?"
~ Peter S. Beagle; The Last Unicorn
"Toward noon we spotted an animal gazing down
at us from a sterile mountain peak of
red and black rocks...our guide stated that
the animal must certainly be a unicorn,
and he pointed out to us the single horn which
jutted from it's forehead. With great caution we gazed
back at this most noble creature, regretting it was
no closer for us to examine still more minutely."
~ Friar Faber; 1438
"Dreams are the playground of unicorns."
~ Unknown
"Unicorn. Old French, unicorne. Latin, unicornis. Literally, one-horned: unus,
one and cornu, a horn. A fabulous animal resembling a horse with one horn."
~ Peter S. Beagle; The Last Unicorn
"Unicorns," she whispered. Rahela nodded.
"The most beautiful of all the Mother's children."
~ Jennifer Roberson; The Court of the Summer King
"The unicorn is a lonely, solitary creature that symbolizes hope."
~ From Ally McBeal
"Then God told Adam to name the animals. All the creatures gathered
around.....and the first animal he named unicorn."
~ From the Hokham Bible
"...and from the heart of the blossom there appeared a unicorn..."
~ James Endicott
"Their bodies are white, their heads dark red, and their eyes dark blue.
They have a horn on the forehead which is about a
foot and a half in length."
~ Ctesias; Indica, 416 BC
"The hunt of the unicorn. The evaluation of our souls."
~ Unknown
A wise man never plays leapfrog with a unicorn
~ Tibetan proverb
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