"I thought unicorns were more ... fluffy." "See clear! Don't let the glamour get you! See what's in front of your eyes! It's a damn great horse with a horn on the end!" said Granny.
--Terry Pratchett--
(Lords and Ladies)


A wise man never plays leapfrog with a unicorn.
--Tibetan Proverb--


The shark is killed for its fin. The rhino is killed for its horn. The tiger is killed for its skin. What price the unicorn?
--Author Unknown--


...I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear That unicorns may be betray'd with trees, And bears with glasses, elephants with holes, Lions with toils and men with flatterers...
--William Shakespeare--
(Julius Caesar)


Of all the legendary animals of art, folklore and literature, the Unicorn is the one with the greatest hold on our imaginations. Other fabulous beasts are clearly inventions, existing only in a mythical landscape of our own collective creation. But the Unicorn strikes us as more than imaginary. It seems possible, even probable...a creature so likely that it ought to exist.
--Nancy Hathaway --
(The Unicorn)


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, 416 B.C.--
(Indica)


I'll capture gentle zebras...for your steeds and fill the stable with every kind of unicorn.
--Love Song of Night and Day--


The best use for a unicorn's horn is to adorn a unicorn.
--Author Unknown--


There are wild elephants in the country, and numerous unicorns which are nearly as big...
--Marco Polo--


God himself must needs be traduced, if there is no unicorn.
--Edward Topell--
(Historie Of Four-Footed Beasties)


Now I will believe that there are unicorns...
--William Shakespeare--
(The Tempest)


The unicorn is a lonely, solitary creature that symbolizes hope.
--From Ally McBeal--


George Bush Hates Unicorn Farts
--Unknown--


In the age of Tang and Yu the Unicorn and the Phoeniz walked abroad. Now when it is not their time they come And what do they seek? The Unicorn, the Unicorn, my heart is sad.
--Confucius--
(Sixth Century)


The hunt of the unicorn. The evaluation of our souls.
--Author Unknown--


It was a heavy-boned face, with ridges etched in darkest walnut instead of gleaming highlights, and with odd, icy eyes that abruptly reminded her that unicorns were not Tame. Wild magic, free always, of what man might intend or wish for it.
--Doranna Durgin--
(Touched By Magic)


You try reading fantasy books all your life - have a unicorn walk by your bus bench on a hot day, with everything you've ever wanted tied up in a neat bundle- and see if you wouldn't do almost anything to have it.
--Steven R. Boyett--
(Ariel)


Then God told Adam to name the animals. All the creatures gathered around... And the first animal he named was the unicorn.
--From The Hokham Bible--


Unicorns don't care if you believe in them any more than you care if they believe in you.
--Author Unknown--


...And from the heart of the blossom there appeared a unicorn...
--James Endicott--


Then what is magic for? What use is wizardry if it cannot save a Unicorn?
--Peter S. Beagle--
(The Last Unicorn)


Nothing is more magical...As long as they roam the Earth, evil cannot harm the pure of heart.
--From The Movie Legend--


As men, to try the precious unicorn's horn, Make of the powder a preservative circle, And in it put a spider.
--John Webster--
(The White Devil)


Wherever they may have come from, and wherever they may have gone, unicorns live inside the true believer's heart. Which means that as long as we can dream, there will be unicorns.
--Bruce Coville--


Dreams are the playground of unicorns.
--Author Unknown--


The Unicorn...the beautiful white horse with the magical horn that heals.
--Author Unknown--


If the unicorn does live among the snows held up forever on the line of the Equator then it is clear why the world should know so little about him.
--Odell Shepard--