Heart Quotes by Lloyd Alexander

8 Heart quotes by Lloyd Alexander

Alexander frames the heart as a hero’s companion, each line a small step on an epic path. The short selection feels like a quick trek through familiar yet inspiring terrain.

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

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I'm convinced that imagination is at the heart of everything we do - in art, science, even astrophysics and higher mathematics. Imagination…

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Evil conquered?' said Gwydion. 'You have learned much, but learn this last and hardest of lessons. You have conquered only the enchantments…

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I think imagination is at the heart of everything we do. Scientific discoveries couldn't have happened without imagination. Art, music, and literature…

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Indeed, the more we find to love, the more we add to the measure of our hearts.

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She has given you something of value: the truth in her heart.

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“A lady doesn't insist on having her own way. Then, next thing you know, it all works out somehow, without one's even…

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Most of us are called on to perform tasks far beyond what we can do. Our capabilities seldom match our aspirations, and…

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“I shall not lie!" Eilonwy cried, "not for this traitor and deserter." "It is not for him," Taran said quietly, "but for the sake…

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

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“There is an exuberance in good fantasy quite unlike the most exalted moments of realistic fiction. Both forms have similar goals; but realism walks…

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Stale water is a poor drink. Stale skill is worse. And the man who walks in his own footsteps only ends where he began.

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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…

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“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…

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What seems to be love beyond any question is usually a simple case of indigestion.

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

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

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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…

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Talented people are finding that writing for young people is as demanding of high quality as writing for adults.

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“In some cases we learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the…

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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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