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3276314
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If you want truth, you should begin by giving it.
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trust
truth
sharing
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Lloyd Alexander |
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ced9fcb
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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. In 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 ..
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self-knowledge
annlaw
taran
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Lloyd Alexander |
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6910c70
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Behind one truth there is always yet another.
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Lloyd Alexander |
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7288dd5
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For Wayfarers still journeying, for Wanderers at rest.
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wanderers
prydain
taran
taran-wanderer
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Lloyd Alexander |
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7a974b1
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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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humor
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Lloyd Alexander |
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bd6d892
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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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hope
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Lloyd Alexander |
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eb4c62c
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No matter what has happened, you're not a pig-boy; you're an Assistant Pig Keeper!
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prydain
taren
eilonwy
pride
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Lloyd Alexander |
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b803ae5
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For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man.
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man
rank
striving
worthy
manhood
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Lloyd Alexander |
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7c6b01c
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If life is a loom, the pattern you weave is not so easily unraveled.
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Lloyd Alexander |
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9ed2838
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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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Lloyd Alexander |
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5fca934
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No, no," said Taran slowly, "It would be folly to think of attacking them." He smiled quickly at Fflewddur. "The bards would sing of us," he admitted, "but we'd be in no position to appreciate it."
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wise-words
fame
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Lloyd Alexander |
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974a145
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I have never known courage to be judged by the length of a man's hair. Or, for the matter of that, whether he has any hair at all.
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gwydion
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Lloyd Alexander |
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d2c72ca
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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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Lloyd Alexander |
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0eefa5c
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You have a point," said Fronto, "and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic."
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Lloyd Alexander |
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f38e139
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Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.
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heroism
selflessness
hero
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Lloyd Alexander |
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567857d
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Stale water is a poor drink,' said Annlaw. 'Stale skill is worse. And the man who walks in his own footsteps only ends where he began.
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Lloyd Alexander |
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46d5311
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She has given you something of value: the truth in her heart.
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Lloyd Alexander |
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1cf24f2
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What you may seek and what you may find are not always one.
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wisdom
seeker
intentions
seek
find
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Lloyd Alexander |
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378121e
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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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heroism
sacrifice
manhood
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Lloyd Alexander |
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cb8d7fa
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Good cannot come from evil.
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Lloyd Alexander |
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be1e150
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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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Lloyd Alexander |
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0711df5
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King Constantine IX of Regia had been killed three times and was bored with it. He wanted a bath.
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Lloyd Alexander |
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50f2615
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And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain.
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lloyd-alexander
prydain
the-chronicles-of-prydain
the-high-king
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Lloyd Alexander |
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1b4d606
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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.
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Lloyd Alexander |
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11c2e33
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Count the deed, not the thought.
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intention
deeds
intentions
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Lloyd Alexander |
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74633e9
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Who but lovers dream alike?
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lovers
love
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Lloyd Alexander |
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eb2619d
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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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war
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Lloyd Alexander |
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85b2891
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My luck's no greater than yours or any man's. You need only sharpen your eyes to see your luck when it comes, and sharpen your wits to use what falls into your hands.
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Lloyd Alexander |
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2077a38
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righteousness [is] always more believable when combined with dreariness.
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Lloyd Alexander |
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72c6462
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Once," he added, "you told me that the seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than the gain."
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true-will
taran
dallben
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Lloyd Alexander |
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8015c93
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Is there not glory enough in living the days given to us? You should know there is adventure in simply being among those we love and the things we love, and beauty too.
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love
beauty-in-nature
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Lloyd Alexander |
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2be05ab
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She was the most confusing person he had ever met
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Lloyd Alexander |
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b99c46c
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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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wisdom
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Lloyd Alexander |
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4bbf438
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Thus, death begets death; evil begets evil.
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evil
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Lloyd Alexander |
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441dec1
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It is harsh enough for each man to bear his own wound. But he who leads bears the wounds of all who follow him.
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war
leadership
llassar
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Lloyd Alexander |
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550566e
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A grower of turnups Or shaper of clay, a commot Farmer or a king-Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.
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Lloyd Alexander |
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8aad360
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How easy it is to think well of ourselves. Until the moment is upon us, we can never be certain.
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Lloyd Alexander |
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376f36e
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I've heard men complain of doing woman's work, and women complain of doing man's work," she added, fastening her bony thumb and forefinger on Gurgi's ear and marching him to a stool beside Taran, "but I've never heard the work complain of who did it, so long as it got done!"
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Lloyd Alexander |
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e39d24f
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I know it isn't nice to vex people on purpose--it's like handing them a toad--but this is much too good to miss and I may never have another chance at it.
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Lloyd Alexander |
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a99795e
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Its powers?' Dallben answered with a sad smile. 'My dear boy, this is a bit of metal hammered into a rather unattractive shape; it could better have been a pruning hook or a plow iron. Its powers? Like all weapons, only those held by him who wields it. What yours may be, I can in no wise say.
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taren
dallben
sword
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Lloyd Alexander |
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f668bfc
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Children's literature is considerably more functional than a good portion of adult literature. If I were cynical, I might say: Children's books are written to be read; adult books are written to be talked about at cocktail parties.
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kids-books
children-s-literature
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Lloyd Alexander |
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4fee85b
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we learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.
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Lloyd Alexander |
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270dd07
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Gwydion stood as a wolf at bay, his green eyes glittering, his teeth bared.
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Lloyd Alexander |
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95f7eab
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For the odd thing about wisdom is the more you use it the more it grows; and the more you share, the more you gain. You'd be amazed how few understand that.
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wisdom
orddu
dallben
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Lloyd Alexander |