"NOW I MUST BE OLD - AT LEAST I HAVE PICKED MANY MORE THINGS UP THAN I HAD THEN, AND PUT THEM ALL DOWN AGAIN.  BUT I ALWAYS KNEW THAT NOTHING WAS WORTH THE INVESTMENT OF MY HEART, BECAUSE NOTHING LASTS, AND I WAS RIGHT, AND SO I WAS ALWAYS OLD."

- KING HAGGARD, FROM PETER S. BEAGLE'S 'THE LAST UNICORN', 1968