Lloyd Alexander - The Book of Three (1964)

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"Why?" Dallben interrupted. "In some cases," he said, "we learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself."

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

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

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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.

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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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We don't need to have just one favorite. We keep adding favorites. Our favorite book is always the book that speaks most directly to us at a particular stage in our lives. And our lives change. We have other favorites that give us what we most need at that particular time. But we never lose the old favorites. They're always with us. We just sort of accumulate them.

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Most of us are called on to perform tasks far beyond what we believe we can do. Our capabilities seldom match our aspirations, and we are often woefully unprepared. To this extent, we are all Assistant Pig-Keepers at heart.

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By all means," cried the bard, his eyes lighting up. "A Fflam to the rescue! Storm the castle! Carry it by assault! Batter down the gates!" "There's not much of it left to storm," said Eilonwy. "Oh?" said Fflewddur, with disappointment. "Very well, we shall do the best we can.

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"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."

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

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"I don't even know who I am."
"In a way," answered Gwydion, "that is something we must all discover for ourselves."

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

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