# Quote — Patricia A. McKillip, The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

> Men see what they are most afraid of.

- Author: [Patricia A. McKillip](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-a-mckillip.md)
- Book: [The Forgotten Beasts of Eld](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-a-mckillip/the-forgotten-beasts-of-eld.md)
- Page: 94
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Patricia_A._McKillip#The_Forgotten_Beasts_of_Eld_(1974)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-a-mckillip/the-forgotten-beasts-of-eld/men-see-what

## More from this book

> 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)