"The unicorn lived in a lilac wood and she lived all alone. She was very old, though she did not know it, and she was …"

"How can it be?" she wondered. "I suppose I could understand it if men had simply forgotten unicorns or if they had ch…"

"No, no, listen. Don't listen to me, listen. You can find your people if you are brave. They passed down all the roads…"

"It's a rare man who is taken for what he truly is … There is much misjudgment in the world. … We are not always what …"

"Where you are going now," Schmendrick answered, "few will mean you anything but evil, and a friendly heart — however …"

"We do lead a good life here, or if we don't, I don't know anything about it. I sometimes think that a little fear, a …"

"But Molly pushed him aside and went up to the unicorn, scolding her as though she were a strayed milk cow. "Where hav…"

"That's a good curse, that's a professional job. I always say, whatever you're having done, go to an expert. It pays i…"

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

"To the memory of Dr. Olfert Dapper, who saw a wild unicorn in the Maine woods in 1673, and for Robert Nathan, who has…"