Lloyd Alexander

Quotes

1. “When I was a child I dreamed of adventure, glory, honor in feats of arms. I think now that these things are shadows.”

   “If you see them as shadows then you see them for what they are,” Annlaw agreed. “Many have pursued honor, and in the pursuit lost more of it than ever they could gain.”

2. 

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

3. 

   "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."

4. 

   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.

5. 

   "I don't even know who I am."

   "In a way," answered Gwydion, "that is something we must all discover for ourselves."

6. 

   The task counts more than the one who does it.

7. 

   "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."

8. 

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

9. 

   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.

10. 

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

11. 

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

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