Lloyd Alexander

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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.
- Lloyd Alexander
Collection: Long
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The only thing a cat worries about is what's happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can only wash one paw at a time.
- Lloyd Alexander
Collection: Cat
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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
- Lloyd Alexander
Collection: Daughter
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Keep reading. It’s one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have.
- Lloyd Alexander
Collection: Reading
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Two cats can live as cheaply as one, and their owner has twice as much fun.
- Lloyd Alexander
Collection: Fun
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Story, finally, is humanity ’s autobiography .
- Lloyd Alexander
Collection: Stories
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There is an exuberance in good fantasy quite unlike the most exalted moments of realistic fiction. Both forms have similar goals; but realism walks where fantasy dances.
- Lloyd Alexander
Collection: Reading
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I think we should always remember that reading – the experience of a book – is a very private, very personal kind of thing. Sometimes the best response to such an experience is: silence.
- Lloyd Alexander
Collection: Reading