Lloyd Alexander Quotes
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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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'Didn’t you ever see a cat before?''Of course I did,' said the boy. 'Hundreds of them. But just because you’ve seen something, it doesn’t mean you stop looking. There’s always something you didn’t see before.'
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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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'That’s another thing about emperors-and regents,' Gareth said. 'They aren’t very fond of changes, even if the changes are for the better.'
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'So you say, so you say,' murmured Fflewddur, hurrying after him. 'Look closer into your heart. You may find your opinion to be somewhat different.'
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Are these signs of hope, or do we deceive ourselves by wishing them to be?
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Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.
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'Oh yes,' said the Emperor. 'That’s what you have to do when you approach the Celestial Presence-that’s me.''Well, I’m afraid that no cat in the world ever bowed to an emperor,' said Jason. 'They just won’t do it, Ichigo, and you’re wasting your time if you try to force them. A cat does what he wants, when he wants, emperor or not.'
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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.
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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.
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In the race of men is much greed and envy; but of truth, little.
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The task counts more than the one who does it.
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'A pig is a pig,' said the stranger, 'and a pig-boy is a pig-boy.'
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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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Is there not glory enough in living the days given to us? You should know there is adventure in simply being among those we love and the things we love, and beauty, too.
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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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'I have marched in many a battle host,' Adaon answered quietly, 'but I have also planted seeds and reaped the harvest with my own hands. And I have learned there is greater honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.'
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There is truth in all things, if you understand them well.
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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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Fantasy, by its power to move us so deeply, to dramatize, even melo-dramatize, morality, can be one of the most effective means of establishing a capacity for adult values.
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Laws assure animals of protection – formally, officially, set down in black and white. But in the long run, the best protection is the human heart.
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Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography.
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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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We hold each other’s lives in our open hands, not in clenched fists.