He was only mildly startled that la strega was aware of his relationship with Giovanna: having lived most of his life in or near small southern villa… - Peter S. Beagle

"All lives are composed of two basic elements," the squirrel said, "purpose and poetry. By being ourselves, squirrel and raven, we fulfill the first requirement, you in flight and I in my tree. But there is poetry in the meanest of lives, and if we leave it unsought we leave ourselves unrealized. A life without food, without shelter, without love, a life lived in the rain — this is nothing beside a life without poetry."

All right, all right for you, you pretentious kneecap! How would you like a punch in the eye?

As for you and your heart and the things you said and didn't say, she will remember them all when men are fairy tales in books written by rabbits.