Lloyd Alexander Quotes - Page 4

• Morgant?" Taran asked, turning a puzzled glance to Gwydion. "How can there be honor for such a man?" "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.

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  Men, Evil, Judging

  Lloyd Alexander (2013). “The Chronicles of Prydain”, p.351, Macmillan

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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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• ...alas, raising a young lady is a mystery even beyond an enchanter's skill.

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  Skills, Mystery, Young

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• You must know nothing before you can learn something, and be empty before you can be filled. Is not the emptiness of the bowl what makes it useful? As for laws, a parrot can repeat them word for word. Their spirit is something else again. As for governing, one must first be lowest before being highest.

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  Law, Firsts, Spirit

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• La vida es una fragua - Sí, y el martillo y el yunque, también. Serás asado, fundido y machacado, y apenas sabrás lo que te está pasando. Pero aguántalo con orgullo. El metal no vale nada hasta que se le da forma y se templa. Más trabajo que suerte. Enfréntate a los golpes, no temas las pruebas, y resistirás bien cualquier martillo y yunque.

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  Luck, Hammers, Anvils

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• He was a great poet" They lamented. No, he was not a great poet," said Theo, "He was a good poet, he could have been better. That's the real loss don't you see?

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  Real, Loss, Poet

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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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• -Intento hacerme invisible. -Eso es algo extraño de intentar.

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  Trying, Odd Things, Odd

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• Find what you want. I will find you.

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  Lo que quieres

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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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  Media

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

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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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• What! I don't care about being a princess! And since I'm already a young lady, how else could I behave? That's like asking a fish not to swim!" ~Princess Eilonwy, daughter of Angharad, daughter of Regat, of the Royal house of Llyr

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  Daughter, Princess, House

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• El rey Constantino IX de Regia había sido asesinado tres veces y se aburría de ello. Quería un baño.

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  Kings, Bored, Baths

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• I intend to follow the path of virtue. It will not be overcrowded.

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  Path, Virtue

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• ...righteousness [is] always more believable when combined with dreariness.

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  Righteousness, Believable

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• Miss Vesper Holly has the digestive talents of a goat and the mind of a chess master. She is familiar with half a dozen languages and can swear fluently in all of them. She understands the use of a slide rule but prefers doing calculations in her head. She does not hesitate to risk life and limb- mine as well as her own. No doubt she has other qualities as yet undiscovered. I hope not.

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  Missing, Hollies, Risk

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• Lo único que le preocupa a un gato es lo que está pasando ahora mismo. Como les decimos a los gatitos, solo se puede lavar una pata cada vez.

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  Cat, Worry, Priorities

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• La artesanía no es como el agua en una olla de barro, que se saca a cucharadas hasta vaciarla. No, cuanto más se saca, más queda.

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  Taken, Water, Empty

  Lloyd Alexander (2014). “Taran Wanderer: The Chronicles of Prydain”, p.130, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• Keep out of this," Lucian said. "I'm not smiting anybody." "You're showing mercy." Catch-a-Tick nodded. "That's heroic, too. But not as good as smiting.

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  Heroic, Mercy, Tick

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• All agreed that Quickset was the cleverest cat in the world. And, since Quickset had the same opinion, it was surely true.

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  Cat, World, Opinion

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• Forgive me....I called you an idiot. I spoke too hastily. You are not. Had I given it more thought, I would have called you a scoundrel.

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  Forgive Me, Forgiving, Idiot

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• -"He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful." -"It was stupid.

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  Beautiful, Stupid, Noble

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• Go back' Taran shouted at the top of his voice.'Have you lost your wits?' Eilonwy, for it was she, half-halted. She had tucked her plaited hair under a leather helmet. The Princess of Llyr smiled cheerfully at him. 'I understand you're upset,' she shouted back, 'but that's no cause to be rude.' She galloped on. For a time, Taran could not believe he had really seen her.

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  Believe, Princess, Hair

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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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• 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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