Quote

At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, and at the end of wisdom, there is not grief...but hope

Lloyd Alexander

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
Begins
Grief
Wisdom
Knowledge
Hope
Ends

More quotes by Lloyd Alexander

Image
Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.
Lloyd Alexander
Image
Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.
Lloyd Alexander
Image
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.
Lloyd Alexander
Image
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.
Lloyd Alexander
Image
If you want truth you should begin by giving it.
Lloyd Alexander
Image
You have a point, said Fronto, and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.
Lloyd Alexander
Image
That is why your sacrifice was all the more difficult. You chose to be a hero not through enchantment but through your own manhood.
Lloyd Alexander
Image
Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?
Lloyd Alexander
Image
...alas, raising a young lady is a mystery even beyond an enchanter's skill.
Lloyd Alexander
Image
For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man.
Lloyd Alexander
Image
Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.
Lloyd Alexander
Image
Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.
Lloyd Alexander
Image
-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.
Lloyd Alexander
Image
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.
Lloyd Alexander
Image
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.
Lloyd Alexander
Image
Are you slow-witted? I'm so sorry for you. It's terrible to be dull and stupid.
Lloyd Alexander
Image
I only suggest to you: Will you dwell on killing this man? You wish for revenge? If you do, he has already killed you by slow poison. So, let it go. Why waste your time? His life will see to his death.
Lloyd Alexander
Image
My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.
Lloyd Alexander
Image
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.
Lloyd Alexander
Image
A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.
Lloyd Alexander