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Lloyd Alexander, born on January 30, 1924, was an American author of children's literature. Known for his rich imagination and unique narrative style, his works have been highly appreciated by readers.

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Famous Lloyd Alexander Quotes

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

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Book:The High King: The Chronicles of Prydain

Source: The High King: The Chronicles of Prydain

“Dealing with the impossible, fantasy can show us what may be really possible. If there is grief, there is the possibility of consolation; if hurt, the possibility of healing; and above all, the curative power of hope. If fantasy speaks to us as we are, it also speaks to us as we might be”

Ifs May Shows Might Speak Hurt Grief Healing Fantasy Impossible Possibility Consolation

Author:Lloyd Alexander

“I saw myself. . . in the time I watched, I saw strength and frailty, pride and vanity, courage and fear. Of wisdom, a little. Of folly much. Of intentions many good ones; but many more left undone. On this alas, I saw myself a man like any other. But this too I saw . . . Alike as men may seem, each is different as flakes of snow, no two the same.You told me you had no need to seek the Mirror, knowing you were Annlaw Clay-Shaper. Now I know who I am: myself and none other. I am Taran.”

Knows Men Needs May Littles Two Different Seems Left Knowing Saws Pride Mirrors Intention Who I Am Snow Vanity Folly Alas Clay Undone Frailty Flakes

Book:Taran Wanderer: The Chronicles of Prydain

Source: Taran Wanderer: The Chronicles of Prydain

“The dear girl, I fear, may be contemplating some alarming, disruptive perhaps dangerous project. In which case, I would naturally do all in my power to keep her from any such rash or foolhardy enterprise – unless she wished me to accompany her.”

May Girl Cases Dangerous Projects Dear Enterprise Contemplating Accompany Disruptive Foolhardy

Author:Lloyd Alexander

“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.”

Ifs World Humans May Littles Humanity Strong Animal Type Return Cat Disappear Sooner Or Later Outside World Errands Types Of Love

Author:Lloyd Alexander

“If I do find pride, I'll not find it in what I was or what I am, but what I may become. Not in my birth, but in myself.”

Ifs May Pride Birth

Book:Taran Wanderer: The Chronicles of Prydain

Source: Taran Wanderer: The Chronicles of Prydain

“If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn.”

Ifs May Book Reader

Author:Lloyd Alexander

About the Author

Born: January 30, 1924
Died: May 17, 2007
Known for: Author
Quotes: 162

Books & Sources

The High King: The Chronicles of PrydainRelated source material

Taran Wanderer: The Chronicles of PrydainRelated source material

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