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Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself."

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "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 to express feelings about real people, about real human relationships."

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 to express feelings about real people, about real human relationships.




Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "Craftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains."

Craftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "Keep reading. It's one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have."

Keep reading. It's one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have.




Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "He [the cat] liked to peep into the refrigerator and risk having his head shut in by the closing door. He also climbed to the top of the stove, discontinuing the practice after he singed his tail."

He [the cat] liked to peep into the refrigerator and risk having his head shut in by the closing door. He also climbed to the top of the stove, discontinuing the practice after he singed his tail.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "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."

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.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?"

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




Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you."

Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice."

Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing."

I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "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 come to the right place."

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 come to the right place.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "Hope is an essential thread in the fabric of all fantasies, an Ariadne's thread to guide us out of the labyrinth ... Human beings have always needed hope, and surely now more than ever."

Hope is an essential thread in the fabric of all fantasies, an Ariadne's thread to guide us out of the labyrinth ... Human beings have always needed hope, and surely now more than ever.




Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts."

All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone."

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



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "There's this huge number of desperate people."

There's this huge number of desperate people.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "Neither refuse to give help when it is needed,... nor refuse to accept it when it is offered."

Neither refuse to give help when it is needed,... nor refuse to accept it when it is offered.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "Fantasy is, I believe, the great nourisher of imagination. To paraphrase Einstein on how to develop intelligence in young people: Read fairy tales. Then read more fairy tales."

Fantasy is, I believe, the great nourisher of imagination. To paraphrase Einstein on how to develop intelligence in young people: Read fairy tales. Then read more fairy tales.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man."

For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man.




Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy."

Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "It was 1943. The U.S. had already entered World War II, so I decided to join the army."

It was 1943. The U.S. had already entered World War II, so I decided to join the army.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work."

My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings."

My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "If we nourish imagination, we nourish everything else."

If we nourish imagination, we nourish everything else.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "You have a point," said Fronto, "and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic."

You have a point," said Fronto, "and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "We hold each other's lives in our open hands, not in clenched fists."

We hold each other's lives in our open hands, not in clenched fists.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris."

Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "If you want truth you should begin by giving it."

If you want truth you should begin by giving it.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "The point is not to look back, but to look ahead to what you hope still to do."

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



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

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



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "I'm convinced that imagination is at the heart of everything we do - in art, science, even astrophysics and higher mathematics. Imagination leads us to ask, "What if?""

I'm convinced that imagination is at the heart of everything we do - in art, science, even astrophysics and higher mathematics. Imagination leads us to ask, "What if?"



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "Two cats can live as cheaply as one, and their owner has twice as much fun"

Two cats can live as cheaply as one, and their owner has twice as much fun



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "Indeed, the more we find to love, the more we add to the measure of our hearts."

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



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "Count the deed, not the thought."

Count the deed, not the thought.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "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."

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.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "True allegiance is only given willingly."

True allegiance is only given willingly.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "Ever since human beings learned to talk to each other, we've been fascinated with storytelling of every kind. Blessed (or cursed) with insatiable curiosity, we have to know what happens next."

Ever since human beings learned to talk to each other, we've been fascinated with storytelling of every kind. Blessed (or cursed) with insatiable curiosity, we have to know what happens next.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "A taste for adventure is by no means a masculine monopoly."

A taste for adventure is by no means a masculine monopoly.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "What you may seek and what you may find are not always one."

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



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "Books can truly change our lives: the lives of those who read them, the lives of those who write them. Readers and writers alike discover things they never knew about the world and about themselves."

Books can truly change our lives: the lives of those who read them, the lives of those who write them. Readers and writers alike discover things they never knew about the world and about themselves.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "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 a scoundrel."

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 a scoundrel.




Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "That is why your sacrifice was all the more difficult. You chose to be a hero not through enchantment but through your own manhood."

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



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "Do you not believe that animals know grief and fear and pain? The world of men is not an easy one for them."

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



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "Trust your luck, Taran Wanderer. But don't forget to put out your nets!"

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



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "She has given you something of value: the truth in her heart."

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



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

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



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "Find what you want. I will find you."

Find what you want. I will find you.



Lloyd Alexander Quotes: "And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain."

And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain.