“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.” KnowsHumansKindHappensNextHuman BeingsBlessedCuriosityStorytellingFascinatedCursedInsatiable Author:Lloyd Alexander
“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.” HumansHuman BeingsFantasyNeededEssentialsGuidesThreadFabricLabyrinthAriadne Author:Lloyd Alexander
“Most cats do not approach humans recklessly. The possibility of concealed weapons, clods or sticks, tend to make them reserved. Homeless cats in particular-with some justification, unfortunately-consider humans their natural enemies. Much ceremony must be observed, and a number of diplomatic feelers put out, before establishing a state of truce.” HumansStatesHumanityNaturalAnimalNumbersEnemyPossibilityParticularApproachWeaponsCatSticksJustificationHomelessCeremonyConcealedReservedDiplomaticTruceNatural EnemiesFeelerConcealed Weapons Book:My Five Tigers Source: My Five Tigers
“If the pull of the outside world is strong, there is also a pull towards the human. The cat may disappear on its own errands, but sooner or later, it returns once again for a little while, to greet us with its own type of love.” IfsWorldHumansMayLittlesHumanityStrongAnimalTypeReturnCatDisappearSooner Or LaterOutside WorldErrandsTypes Of Love Author:Lloyd Alexander
“My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.” HumansHuman BeingsConcernGenuineBeing True Author:Lloyd Alexander
“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.” MindHumansSpecialDogParticularRecognitionMutualUnusualRequirementsRight Place Book:Fifty years in the doghouse Source: Fifty years in the doghouse
“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.” PeopleWorldWayHumansRealFeelingsIssuesStrangeDevicesImaginaryHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsReal HumanImaginary World Author:Lloyd Alexander
