Lloyd Alexander Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Lloyd Alexander
Lloyd Alexander Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
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.
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.
"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.
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.
It is harsh enough for each man to bear his own wound. But he who leads bears the wounds of all who follow him.
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
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.
You know how chickens are, imagining the world coming to an end one moment, then pecking corn the next.
And so shall honor Morgant," Gwydion said, "for what he used to be, and Ellidyr Prince of Pen-Llarcau for what he became.
Do you not believe that animals know grief and fear and pain? The world of men is not an easy one for them.
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 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.
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.
I know that some readers think (The High King) should have ended differently. I cried for three days afterwards.
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.
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.
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.