The Last Unicorn1982

Schmendrick:
If we run away then all the unicorns of the world will remain prisoners forever except one. And she will grow old and die.

Amalthea:
Everything dies! I want to die when you die.

[looks at Lir]

Amalthea:
I'm no unicorn, no magical creature. I'm a woman, and I love you, Lir. Don't let him change me! Lir, I will not love you when I'm a unicorn.

Prince Lir:
Amalthea, don't...

Schmendrick:
Then let the quest end here! I don't think I could change you back, even if you wished it. Marry the prince, and live happily ever after.

Amalthea:
Yes, that is my wish.

Prince Lir:
No. My lady, I am a hero. Heroes know that things must happen when it is time for them to happen. A quest may not simply be abandoned; unicorns may go unrescued for a long time, but not forever. A happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.

Molly Grue:
But what if there isn't a happy ending?

Schmendrick:
There are no happy endings, because nothing ends.

Molly Grue:
Schmendrick, let her stay the way she is. Let her be...

Schmendrick:
That's not in the story. Lir know that, and so does she.

Molly Grue:
You don't care! You don't care what happens to her or to the others, just so you're a real magician at last. You don't care-"

Schmendrick:
Well I wish I didn't care! I wish to God I didn't care about anything but my magic! But I do! I do.