“Don't look back, and don't run. You must never run from anything immortal; it attracts their attention.”

—  Peter S. Beagle, book The Last Unicorn

The Unicorn, to Schmendrick, as the harpy Celaeno kills Mommy Fortuna
The Last Unicorn (1982 film)

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