All Lloyd Alexander Quotes
- After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published. Family
- Evil cannot be conquered by wishing. Conquered
- 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… Courage
- My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings. Beings
- At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, and at the end of wisdom, there is not grief...but hope Begins
- For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man. Any
- She had no particular breed in mind, no unusual requirements. Except the special sense of mutual recognition that tells dog and human they have both… Both
- I loved all the world's mythologies. All
- Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris. Eventually
- It was 1943. The U.S. had already entered World War II, so I decided to join the army. Already Entered
- Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy. Been
- The Prydain Companion is more than a quick reference or handy glossary, though it is all of that as well. Instructive, certainly. But, like any… All
- Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost. Accomplished
- Count the deed, not the thought. Count
- My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work. Family
- Using the device of an imaginary world allows me in some strange way to go to the central issues - it's one of many ways… Allows
- There's this huge number of desperate people. Desperate
- Stale water is a poor drink. Stale skill is worse. And the man who walks in his own footsteps only ends where he began. Began
- Most of us are called on to perform tasks far beyond what we can do. Our capabilities seldom match our aspirations, and we are often… All
- Neither refuse to give help when it is needed,... nor refuse to accept it when it is offered. Accept