Lloyd Alexander

“Thus, death begets death; evil begets evil.”

— Lloyd Alexander

Oh, my parents never cracked a book, just newspapers.

— Lloyd Alexander

“Good cannot come from evil.”

— Lloyd Alexander

The journey is the treasure.

— Lloyd Alexander

Count the deed, not the thought.

— Lloyd Alexander

There's this huge number of desperate people.

— Lloyd Alexander

Find what you want. I will find you.

— Lloyd Alexander

Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.

— Lloyd Alexander

King Constantine IX of Regia had been killed three times and was bored with it. He wanted a bath.

— Lloyd Alexander

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

— Lloyd Alexander

“Children's books are written to be read, adult books are written to be talked about at cocktail parties”

— Lloyd Alexander

The point is not to look back, but to look ahead to what you hope still to do.

— Lloyd Alexander

A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.

— Lloyd Alexander

I'm impossible when a book is taking shape. Well, actually, I'm despicable.

— Lloyd Alexander

If a storyteller worried about the facts - my dear Lucian, how could he ever get at the truth?

— Lloyd Alexander

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

— Lloyd Alexander

Heroes are people who think more of others than themselves. This is not to say that they don't think of themselves. They…

— Lloyd Alexander

“Our pride is not in fighting but in farming; In the work of our, hands not our blades. Never have we sought…

— Lloyd Alexander

This much have I learned: A man's life weighs more than glory, and a price paid in blood is a heavy reckoning.

— Lloyd Alexander

I had always been interested in mythology. I suppose my brief stay in Wales during World War II influenced my writing, too.…

— Lloyd Alexander

“Some days are like that...and what's to be done about it? Nothing, alas, but hope things will brighten, which they very likely…

— Lloyd Alexander

Is there not glory enough in living the days given to us? You should know there is adventure in simply being among…

— Lloyd Alexander

“Of wisdom there are as many patterns as a loom can weave. Yours is the wisdom of good and kindly heart. Scarce…

— Lloyd Alexander

“Once," he added, "you told me that the seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than…

— Lloyd Alexander

He will not succeed in this," Taran said. "Somehow, we must find a way to escape. We dare not lose hope." "I…

— Lloyd Alexander

The dear girl, I fear, may be contemplating some alarming, disruptive perhaps dangerous project. In which case, I would naturally do all…

— Lloyd Alexander

“Had I done it sooner, perhaps he might have lived. He was a man of courage and good heart, a proud man.…

— Lloyd Alexander

The art is more important than the artist. The work is more important than the person who does it. You must be…

— Lloyd Alexander

“He learned that the lives of men are short and filled with pain, yet each one a priceless treasure, whether it be…

— Lloyd Alexander

Favorite books and authors while growing up - I'd need a book to list them all. For the sake of brevity: Shakespeare,…

— Lloyd Alexander

From as far back as I can remember, I always loved the King Arthur stories, fairy tales, mythology - things like that.…

— Lloyd Alexander

Dealing with the impossible, fantasy can show us what may be really possible. If there is grief, there is the possibility of…

— Lloyd Alexander

A shade of sorrow passed over Taliesin's face. 'There are those,' he said gently, 'who must first learn loss, despair, and grief.…

— Lloyd Alexander

“The thing that is maybe the real difference, the fundamental difference, is that in adult literature you can have a literature of…

— Lloyd Alexander

I saw myself. . . in the time I watched, I saw strength and frailty, pride and vanity, courage and fear. Of…

— Lloyd Alexander

“Since no one has mentioned it,' said Eilonwy, 'it seems I'm not being asked to come along. Very well, I shan't insist.'…

— Lloyd Alexander

“We are beginning to learn that intangibles have more specific gravity than we suspected, that ideas can generate as much forward thrust…

— Lloyd Alexander

“Perhaps,' Taran said quietly, watching the moon-white riverbank slip past them, 'perhaps you have the truth of it. At first I felt…

— Lloyd Alexander

“Torrens kicked at the door until it was finally opened. The farm couple and three youngsters had been eating breakfast in the…

— Lloyd Alexander

I came to fantasy fairly late. For some ten years, I had been happily writing fiction and non-fiction for adults. But I…

— Lloyd Alexander