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
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I knew (Orr was fast). But I didn't know he was that fast.
I first wrote for adults, but when I started writing for young people, it was the most creative and liberating experience of my life.
It was 1943. The U.S. had already entered World War II, so I decided to join the army.
You have a point," said Fronto, "and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.
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.
We hold each other's lives in our open hands, not in clenched fists.
Two cats can live as cheaply as one, and their owner has twice as much fun
Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.
I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.
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.
My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.
If life is a loom, the pattern you weave is not so easily unraveled.
Most cats do not approach humans recklessly. The possibility of concealed weapons, clods or sticks, tend to make them reserved. Homeless cats in particular-with some justification, unfortunately-consider humans their natural enemies. Much ceremony must be observed, and a number of diplomatic feelers put out, before establishing a state of truce.
If I do find pride, I'll not find it in what I was or what I am, but what I may become. Not in my birth, but in myself.