Lloyd Alexander Thinking Quotations

How easy it is to think well of ourselves. Until the moment is upon us, we can never be certain.

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

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.

I think imagination is at the heart of everything we do. Scientific discoveries couldn't have happened without imagination. Art, music, and literature couldn't exist without imagination. And so anything that strengthens imagination, and reading certainly does that, can help us for the rest of our lives.

Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.