Lloyd Alexander Short Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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"A pig is a pig," said the stranger, "and a pig-boy is a pig-boy."

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Speak up, my boy. If you want truth, you should begin by giving it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Are these signs of hope, or do we deceive ourselves by wishing them to be?

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

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We're neither good nor evil. We're simply interested in things as they are.

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

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

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If a storyteller worried about the facts,... how could he ever get at the truth?

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Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.

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Well, that is one of the three foundations of learning: see much, study much, suffer much.

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It is not the trappings that make the prince, nor, indeed, the sword that makes the warrior.

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

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"This is a place of peace," Medwyn said, "and therefore not suitable for men, at least, not yet."

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A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.

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

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