--- title: "4 Bards Quotes By Lloyd Alexander" description: "4 Bards quotes by Lloyd Alexander. Plus more from Lloyd Alexander and more Bards sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/lloyd-alexander-1645_assault_by-all-means-cried-the-bard-his-eyes-lig_374710.png" --- > [By all means," cried the bard, his eyes lighting up. "A Fflam to the rescue! Storm the castle! Carry it by assault!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/by-all-means-cried-the-bard-his-eyes-lighting-up-a-fflam-to-the/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/lloyd-alexander-1645_assault_by-all-means-cried-the-bard-his-eyes-lig_374710.png) > [I can't make sense out of that girl," he said to the bard, "Can you?" "Never mind," Fflewddur said, "We aren't really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/i-can-t-make-sense-out-of-that-girl-he-said-to-the-bard-can-you-never/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/541/lloyd-alexander-1645_bard_i-can-t-make-sense-out-of-that-girl-he-s_1450715.png) > [And so they lived many happy years, and the promised tasks were accomplished. Yet long afterward, when all had passed away into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/and-so-they-lived-many-happy-years-and-the-promised-tasks-were/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/858/lloyd-alexander-1645_accomplished_and-so-they-lived-many-happy-years-and-t_2798658.jpg) > [No, no," said Taran slowly, "It would be folly to think of attacking them." He smiled quickly at Fflewddur. "The bards would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/no-no-said-taran-slowly-it-would-be-folly-to-think-of-attacking-them/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/lloyd-alexander-1645_appreciate_no-no-said-taran-slowly-it-would-be-foll_3000506.png) ## Other authors on Bards - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bards/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ## More by Lloyd Alexander > [“There are heroes and heroes. I don't deny he's acted bravely on occasion. He's fought beside Lord Gwydion and been proud of himself as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/there-are-heroes-and-heroes-i-don-t-deny-he-s-acted-bravely-on/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) > [“I shall not lie!" Eilonwy cried, "not for this traitor and deserter." "It is not for him," Taran said quietly, "but for the sake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/i-shall-not-lie-eilonwy-cried-not-for-this-traitor-and-deserter-it-is/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) > [“He learned that the lives of men are short and filled with pain, yet each one a priceless treasure, whether it be that of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/he-learned-that-the-lives-of-men-are-short-and-filled-with-pain-yet/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) > [King Constantine IX of Regia had been killed three times and was bored with it. He wanted a bath.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/king-constantine-ix-of-regia-had-been-killed-three-times-and-was/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) > [“There is an exuberance in good fantasy quite unlike the most exalted moments of realistic fiction. Both forms have similar goals; but realism walks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/there-is-an-exuberance-in-good-fantasy-quite-unlike-the-most-exalted/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) > [Stale water is a poor drink. Stale skill is worse. And the man who walks in his own footsteps only ends where he began.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/stale-water-is-a-poor-drink-stale-skill-is-worse-and-the-man-who/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) > [Forgive me…I called you an idiot. I spoke too hastily. You are not. Had I given it more thought, I would have called you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/forgive-me-i-called-you-an-idiot-i-spoke-too-hastily-you-are-not-had/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) > [“On the level of high art, in their common efforts to express human truths, relationships, attitudes, and personal visions, children's literature and adult literature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/on-the-level-of-high-art-in-their-common-efforts-to-express-human/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) > [What seems to be love beyond any question is usually a simple case of indigestion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/what-seems-to-be-love-beyond-any-question-is-usually-a-simple-case-of/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) > [The art is more important than the artist. The work is more important than the person who does it. You must be prepared to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/the-art-is-more-important-than-the-artist-the-work-is-more-important/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) > [“Once," he added, "you told me that the seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than the gain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/once-he-added-you-told-me-that-the-seeking-counts-more-than-the/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 always loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/i-came-to-fantasy-fairly-late-for-some-ten-years-i-had-been-happily/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) > [Talented people are finding that writing for young people is as demanding of high quality as writing for adults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/talented-people-are-finding-that-writing-for-young-people-is-as/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) > [“In some cases we learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/in-some-cases-we-learn-more-by-looking-for-the-answer-to-a-question/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) > [A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/a-crown-is-more-discomfort-than-adornment-if-you-have-learned-that/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bards/lloyd-alexander/#itemlist", "name": "4 Bards Quotes By Lloyd Alexander", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "By all means,\" cried the bard, his eyes lighting up. \"A Fflam to the rescue! Storm the castle! Carry it by assault! 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