Quotes by Lloyd Alexander

“That is why your sacrifice was all the more difficult. You chose to be a hero not through enchantment but through your own manhood.”

“What you may seek and what you may find are not always one.”

“It is true. Indeed, that is why I dared not speak. I have yearned to be again at the side of my beloved Arianllyn, and my thoughts are with her now. But had I chosen to return, I would ever wonder ...”

“Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?”

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

“Any fool can tell a story. Take a few odds and ends of things that happen to you, dress them up, shuffle them about, add a dash of excitement, a little color, and there you have it.”

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

“You must know nothing before you can learn something, and be empty before you can be filled. Is not the emptiness of the bowl what makes it useful? As for laws, a parrot can repeat them word for wo...”

“Surely you can entrust your task to your friends." "No," said Taran, after a long pause, "I have taken it on myself through my own choice.""If that is so," answered Medwyn, "then you can give it up...”

“Every living thing deserves our respect... be it humble or proud, ugly or beautiful.”

“No matter what has happened, you're not a pig-boy; you're an Assistant Pig Keeper!”

“Do you not believe that animals know grief and fear and pain? The world of men is not an easy one for them.”

“The only thing a cat worries about is what's happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can only wash one paw at a time.”

“I, too, shall seek honor. But I shall seek it where I know it will be found.”

“Keep out of this," Lucian said. "I'm not smiting anybody.""You're showing mercy." Catch-a-Tick nodded. "That's heroic, too. But not as good as smiting.”

“The ocean filled the footprints where a boy and cat had stood.”

“But, alas, in most of us good and bad are closely woven as the threads on a loom; greater wisdom than mine is needed for the judging.”

“Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.”

“Trust your luck, Taran Wanderer. But don't forget to put out your nets!”

“My luck's no greater than yours or any man's. You need only sharpen your eyes to see your luck when it comes, and sharpen your wits to use what falls into your hands.”