Quotes from Lloyd Alexander

One way everything looks all right, the other way, it looks all wrong.

Had I done it sooner, perhaps he might have lived. He was a man of courage and good heart, a proud man. Now he is dead. I saved the signal to use in a worthy cause, and when I found one it was wasted." "Wasted?" answered Fflewddur. "I think not. Since you did your best and didn't begrudge using it, I shouldn't call it wasted at all.

What is the use of studying much when I'm to see nothing at all?

Whereas, it is hereby decreed to all felines of the Middle Kingdom: They are enjoined to observe every provision of the judicial codes unless such provisions aforesaid have been abrogated heretofore, though any abrogation is liable to reinstatement at any time whatever and shall be effective retroactively without recourse on behalf of said felines whether or not said felines are presently or will be engaged in litigation. This decree is not susceptible to appeal.

My joy is in the craft, not the gain.

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

often the trouble with magical things. They're never quite what you'd expect.

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

It is not given to men to know the ends of their journeys, Medwyn answered. It may be that you will never return to the places dearest to you. But how can that matter, if what you must do is here and now?

I believe you know my quest from its beginning to its end, and that I seed to learn my parentage. Parentage? said Orddu. Nothing easier. Choose any parents you please. Since none of you has ever known each other, what difference can it possibly make - to them or to you? Believe what you like. You'll be surprised how comforting it is.

She was not stunningly beautiful. She could be pretty when she felt like it.

I make nonsense of the world to help others make sense of it.

Then we must say farewell, answered the weaver-woman. But mind you, she added, in her usual sharp tone, if life is a loom, the pattern you weave is not so easily unraveled.

It is easy to judge evil unmixed," replied Gwydion. "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.

But that's not true," Taran called. "I—I was …" By then, Eilonwy was out of earshot. Crestfallen, Taran followed her. "I can't make sense out of that girl," he said to the bard. "Can you?" "Never mind," Fflewddur said. "We aren't really expected to.

Sanningen finns i allt om man bara kan förstå det.

Det ligger större ära i en välplöjd åker än i en åker dränkt i blod.

Det är inte många, fortsatte han högmodigt, som förstår hur makt ska brukas. Och inte många som vågar bruka den när de blir erbjudna den.

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

Inom de flesta av oss är gott och ont sammanflätade så tätt som trådarna på en vävstol. Större visdom än min krävs för den domen.

Därför ska jag ära Morgant, sade Gwydion, för vad han en gång var, och Ellidyr, prins av Pen-Llarcau, för vad han blev.

Is there not glory enough in living the days given to us?

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

man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone. Once," he added, "you told me that the seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than the gain.