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I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.

There is more honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.

All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts.

In some cases we learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.

Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.

Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.

Two things never mix: one is enchantments and the other is meddling with them.

And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain.

Keep reading. It's one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have.

Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?

Count the deed, not the thought.

King Arthur was one of my heroes - I played with a trash can lid for a knightly shield and my uncle's cane for the sword Excalibur.

When prophecies give no help, men must find it themselves.

Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy.

If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn.

I can't make sense out of that girl," he said to the bard, "Can you?"
"Never mind," Fflewddur said, "We aren't really expected to.

Craftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains.

If life is a loom, the pattern you weave is not so easily unraveled.

No matter what has happened, you're not a pig-boy; you're an Assistant Pig Keeper!

Every living thing deserves our respect ... be it humble or proud, ugly or beautiful.

Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.

Righteousness [is] always more believable when combined with dreariness.

After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.

Forgive me ... I called you an idiot. I spoke too hastily. You are not. Had I given it more thought, I would have called you a scoundrel.

I'm trying to make myself invisible."
"That's an odd thing to attempt.

A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.

Is a man truly what he see himself to be?'
'Only if what he sees is true.

It is harsh enough for each man to bear his own wound. But he who leads bears the wounds of all who follow him.

Indeed, the more we find to love, the more we add to the measure of our hearts.

Keep reading
It's one of the
most adventures
that anyone
can have

After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.

Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.

In the race of men is much greed and envy; but of truth, little.

Inconvient things are always remembered

Draw Dyrnwyn, only thou of noble worth, to rule with justice, to strike down evil. Who wields it in good cause shall slay even the Lord of Death.

Children's books are written to be read, adult books are written to be talked about at cocktail parties

It was 1943. The U.S. had already entered World War II, so I decided to join the army.

That is why your sacrifice was all the more difficult. You chose to be a hero not through enchantment but through your own manhood.

All agreed that Quickset was the cleverest cat in the world. And, since Quickset had the same opinion, it was surely true.

I, too, shall seek honor. But I shall seek it where I know it will be found.

I loved all the world's mythologies.

You know how chickens are, imagining the world coming to an end one moment, then pecking corn the next.

Are you slow-witted? I'm so sorry for you. It's terrible to be dull and stupid.

I can't imagine why knowledge, truth and love should be so much of a secret

I intend to follow the path of virtue. It will not be overcrowded.

If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.

Find what you want. I will find you.

Don't pout that way, my child, you'll give yourself a blister

For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man.

And so shall honor Morgant," Gwydion said, "for what he used to be, and Ellidyr Prince of Pen-Llarcau for what he became.

The journey is the treasure.

Alas, raising a young lady is a mystery even beyond an enchanter's skill.

Do you not believe that animals know grief and fear and pain? The world of men is not an easy one for them.

Story , finally, is humanity 's autobiography .

What seems to be love beyond any question is usually a simple case of indigestion.

Who but lovers dream alike?

The muse in charge of fantasy wears good, sensible shoes.

Stale water is a poor drink,' said Annlaw. 'Stale skill is worse. And the man who walks in his own footsteps only ends where he began.

If a storyteller worried about the facts - my dear Lucian, how could he ever get at the truth?

If I do find pride, I'll not find it in what I was or what I am, but what I may become. Not in my birth, but in myself.

Once you have courage to look upon evil, seeing it for what it is and naming it by its true name, it is powerless against you, and you can destroy it.

For Wayfarers still journeying, for Wanderers at rest.

At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, and at the end of wisdom, there is not grief ... but hope

I can't stand people who say 'I told you so.' That's worse than somebody coming up and eating your dinner before you have a chance to sit down.

For the deeds of a man, not the words of a prophecy, are what shape his destiny.

My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.

I know that some readers think (The High King) should have ended differently. I cried for three days afterwards.

Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.

You have a point," said Fronto, "and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.

How easy it is to think well of ourselves. Until the moment is upon us, we can never be certain.

Good cannot come from evil.

Behind one truth there is always yet another.

Of wisdom there are as many patterns as a loom can weave. Yours is the wisdom of good and kindly heart. Scarce it is and its worth all the greater.

Gwydion stood as a wolf at bay, his green eyes glittering, his teeth bared.

We hold each other's lives in our open hands, not in clenched fists.

King Constantine IX of Regia had been killed three times and was bored with it. He wanted a bath.

Often the trouble with magical things. They're never quite what you'd expect.

The ocean filled the footprints where a boy and cat had stood.

Thus, death begets death; evil begets evil.

My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.

Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.

There's this huge number of desperate people.

There is truth in all things, if you understand them well.

Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.

Child, child, do you not see? For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.

The destinies of men are woven one with the other, and you can turn aside from them no more than you can turn aside from your own.

At the end of their grim race, death might be the only prize.

Just because you've seen something doesn't mean you'll stop looking. There's always something you didn't see before.

It would be a shame if you were killed. I should be very sorry. I know I wouldn't like it to happen to me.

She has given you something of value: the truth in her heart.

The only thing a cat worries about is what's happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can only wash one paw at a time.

True allegiance is only given willingly.

Two cats can live as cheaply as one, and their owner has twice as much fun

What you may seek and what you may find are not always one.

Trust your luck, Taran Wanderer. But don't forget to put out your nets!

Neither refuse to give help when it is needed, ... nor refuse to accept it when it is offered.

One way everything looks all right, the other way, it looks all wrong.

She was the most confusing person he had ever met

A taste for adventure is by no means a masculine monopoly.

Until the thirst for power parched his throat, he was a fearless and noble lord.