# Quote — Peter S. Beagle, A Fine and Private Place

> Goddam organizers, he thought. You get something good going, and somebody comes along and organizes it. He told himself that this was inevitable, the way of the world, but it bothered him. The raven would have been in favor of a movement in the general direction of chaos, consternation, and disorganization, had he not known that such a project would require the most organization of all. Besides, there would undoubtedly be a squirrel running it.

- Author: [Peter S. Beagle](https://www.leafyquotes.com/peter-s-beagle.md)
- Book: [A Fine and Private Place](https://www.leafyquotes.com/peter-s-beagle/a-fine-and-private-place.md)
- Page: 87
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peter_S._Beagle#A_Fine_and_Private_Place_(1960)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/peter-s-beagle/a-fine-and-private-place/goddam-organizers-he-thought

## More from this book

> I am infected with life and will die of it in time.

p. 255 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/peter-s-beagle/a-fine-and-private-place/i-am-infected.md)

> I walked a long way that night, thinking many philosophic thoughts which, fortunately, I don’t remember.

p. 61 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/peter-s-beagle/a-fine-and-private-place/i-walked-a-long.md)

> “Ravens bring things to people. We’re like that. It’s our nature. We don’t like it. We’d much rather be eagles, or swans, or even one of those moronic robins, but we’re ravens and there you are. Ravens don’t feel right without somebody to bring things to, and when we do find somebody we realize what a silly business it was in the first place.” He made a sound between a chuckle and a cough. “Ravens are pretty neurotic birds. We’re closer to people than any other bird, and we’re bound to them all our lives, but we don’t have to like them. You think we brought Elijah food because we liked him? He was an old man with a dirty beard.”

p. 13 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/peter-s-beagle/a-fine-and-private-place/ravens-bring-things.md)