Lloyd Alexander
Lloyd Alexander
Lloyd Chudley Alexanderwas a widely influential American author of more than forty books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults. His most famous work is The Chronicles of Prydain, a series of five high fantasy novels whose conclusion, The High King, was awarded the 1969 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature. He won U.S. National Book Awards in 1971 and 1982...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth30 January 1924
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
Long ago I yearned to be a hero without knowing, in truth, what a hero was. Now, perhaps, I understand it a little better. A grower of turnips or a shaper of clay, a Commot farmer or a king--every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone. Once you told me that the seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than the gain.
...Writings can be stolen, or changed, or used for evil purposes. But isn't the risk worth taking? The more people who share knowledge, the greater safeguard for it. Isn't there more danger in ignorance than knowledge?
Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?
You have a point," said Fronto, "and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.
Keep reading. It's one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have.
Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.
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.
We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.
We hold each other's lives in our open hands, not in clenched fists.
Child, child, do you not see? For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.
Are you slow-witted? I'm so sorry for you. It's terrible to be dull and stupid.
Who but lovers dream alike?
Who but lovers dream alike?
The Prydain Companion is more than a quick reference or handy glossary, though it is all of that as well. Instructive, certainly. But, like any good companion, a pleasure to be with over a long period of time.