He was lost. He knew it. He had neither the size nor the strength to defeat her, and she had him cornered. But he would fight. He was a warrior, the prince-son of the unicorns, and he meant to go down fighting. There would be no songs to mark his death; and none of his people would even know. But he had saved Korr and the others of the band. It was noon – they were safe out of the hills by now, and none of the rest of it mattered. Meredith Ann Pierce
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In this quote from the book, The Last Unicorn , the unicorn, who has been taken prisoner by a human king, is about to be killed. The unicorn is defeated and alone, but instead of accepting his fate the unicorn looks at his kingdom and sees it as a friend that he should protect. He vows that he will not give up or die without a fight.

Source: Birth Of The Firebringer

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