# The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

- Author: [Patricia A. McKillip](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-a-mckillip.md)
- Quotes: 7
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-a-mckillip/the-forgotten-beasts-of-eld

## Quotes

> He was silent a moment, struggling. He said finally, “But you had a right to be angry.”
>
> “Yes. But not to hurt those I love, or myself.”

p. 322 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-a-mckillip/the-forgotten-beasts-of-eld/he-was-silent.md)

> “The Riddle Master himself lost the key to his own riddles one day,” he said in his deep, reed-pure voice, “and he found it again at the bottom of his heart.”

p. 311 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-a-mckillip/the-forgotten-beasts-of-eld/the-riddle-master.md)

> Wisdom never learned silence, and it is most annoying when least wanted.

p. 272 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-a-mckillip/the-forgotten-beasts-of-eld/wisdom-never-learned.md)

> Men see what they are most afraid of.

p. 94 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-a-mckillip/the-forgotten-beasts-of-eld/men-see-what.md)

> The small red eyes regarded him, unblinking. “What would you give me for all the wisdom of the world?”
>
> “Nothing.” He turned back to his work. “I have heard you know the answers to every riddle save one. That will be the one I need answering.”

p. 105 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-a-mckillip/the-forgotten-beasts-of-eld/the-small-red.md)

> I do not want to choose which one of you I must love or hate. Here, I am free to do neither. I want no part of your bitterness.

p. 87 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-a-mckillip/the-forgotten-beasts-of-eld/i-do-not.md)

> What concern of mine are your affairs? Or Coren’s? What kind of peace would there be in me or in my house if I took interest in the wars and feuds that you weave in the courts below? I do not understand such things. I understand only what lies within my walls.

p. 85 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-a-mckillip/the-forgotten-beasts-of-eld/what-concern-of-mine.md)