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• Just because you've seen something doesn't mean you'll stop looking. There's always something you didn't see before.

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  Mean

  "Time Cat: The Remarkable Journeys of Jason and Gareth". Book by Lloyd Alexander, 1963.

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• Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.

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  Growing Up, Cost, Fantasy

  Lloyd Alexander (2014). “The Black Cauldron: The Chronicles of Prydain”, p.132, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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

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  Book, Fantasy, Form

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• I loved all the world's mythologies.

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  World, Mythology

  Lloyd Alexander (2006). “Taran Wanderer”, p.221, Macmillan

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

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  War, Army, World

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• He will not succeed in this," Taran said. "Somehow, we must find a way to escape. We dare not lose hope." "I agree absolutely," Fflewddur answered. "Your general idea is excellent; it's only the details that are lacking.

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  Ideas, Details, Way

  Lloyd Alexander (2014). “The Black Cauldron: The Chronicles of Prydain”, p.117, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• By all means," cried the bard, his eyes lighting up. "A Fflam to the rescue! Storm the castle! Carry it by assault! Batter down the gates!" "There's not much of it left to storm," said Eilonwy. "Oh?" said Fflewddur, with disappointment. "Very well, we shall do the best we can.

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  Disappointment, Mean, Eye

  Lloyd Alexander (2013). “The Chronicles of Prydain”, p.82, Macmillan

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• This much have I learned: A man's life weighs more than glory, and a price paid in blood is a heavy reckoning.

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  Men, Blood, Glory

  Lloyd Alexander (2014). “The High King: The Chronicles of Prydain”, p.31, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• What seems to be love beyond any question is usually a simple case of indigestion.

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  Simple, Cases, Indigestion

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

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  Hero, Sacrifice, Enchantment

  Lloyd Alexander (2015). “The Black Cauldron 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.173, Macmillan

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• The muse in charge of fantasy wears good, sensible shoes. No foam-born Aphrodite, she vaguely resembles my old piano teacher, who was keen on metronomes.

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  Shoes, Fantasy, Muse

  "The Flat-Heeled Muse". The Horn Book Magazine, www.hbook.com. April 01, 1965.

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

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  Pain, Grief, Believe

  Lloyd Alexander (2014). “The Book of Three: The Chronicles of Prydain”, p.83, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• There is more honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.

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  Blood, Honor, Fields

  Lloyd Alexander (2013). “The Chronicles of Prydain”, p.332, Macmillan

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• The destinies of men are woven one with the other, and you can turn aside from them no more than you can turn aside from your own.

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  Destiny, Men, Woven

  Lloyd Alexander (2014). “The Castle of Llyr: The Chronicles of Prydain”, p.112, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• Draw Dyrnwyn, only thou of noble worth, to rule with justice, to strike down evil. Who wields it in good cause shall slay even the Lord of Death.

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  Evil, Justice, Noble

  Lloyd Alexander (2014). “The High King: The Chronicles of Prydain”, p.149, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• A crown is a pitiless master, harsher than the staff of a pig-keeper; while a staff bears up, a crown weighs down, beyond the strength of any man to wear it lightly.

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  Men, Pigs, Crowns

  Lloyd Alexander (2014). “The High King: The Chronicles of Prydain”, p.77, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, and at the end of wisdom, there is not grief...but hope

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  Grief, Ends, Knowledge Wisdom

  Lloyd Alexander (2006). “The Foundling: And Other Tales of Prydain”, p.13, Macmillan

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• I can't stand people who say 'I told you so.' That's worse than somebody coming up and eating your dinner before you have a chance to sit down.

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  People, Dinner, Chance

  Lloyd Alexander (2013). “The Chronicles of Prydain”, p.155, Macmillan

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• Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.

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  Teacher, Mark, Dearest Friend

  Lloyd Alexander (2006). “The Foundling: And Other Tales of Prydain”, p.97, Macmillan

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• Find what you want. I will find you.

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  Want, What You Want

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• 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.

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  Cat, Doors, Practice

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• I know that some readers think (The High King) should have ended differently. I cried for three days afterwards.

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  Kings, Thinking, Should Have

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• My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.

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  Parent, Wanted

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• In the race of men is much greed and envy; but of truth, little.

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  Men, Race, Envy

  Lloyd Alexander (2014). “Taran Wanderer: The Chronicles of Prydain”, p.64, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.

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  Crowns, Discomfort, Ifs

  Lloyd Alexander (2014). “The High King: The Chronicles of Prydain”, p.14, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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