Lloyd Alexander Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Lloyd Alexander:

Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
~Lloyd Alexander


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After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.
~Lloyd Alexander


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There's this huge number of desperate people.
~Lloyd Alexander


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Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy.
~Lloyd Alexander


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When I was discharged, I attended the University of Paris and met a beautiful Parisian girl, Janine. We soon married and eventually returned to the States.
~Lloyd Alexander


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I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.
~Lloyd Alexander


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lloyd-alexander-quotes/#4884806a

If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn.
~Lloyd Alexander


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lloyd-alexander-quotes/#f0514d76

It was 1943. The U.S. had already entered World War II, so I decided to join the army.
~Lloyd Alexander


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lloyd-alexander-quotes/#ddc610e6

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.
~Lloyd Alexander


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lloyd-alexander-quotes/#58131946

My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.
~Lloyd Alexander


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After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.
~Lloyd Alexander


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Using the device of an imaginary world allows me in some strange way to go to the central issues - it's one of many ways to express feelings about real people, about real human relationships.
~Lloyd Alexander


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lloyd-alexander-quotes/#3dfae3bf

My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.
~Lloyd Alexander


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lloyd-alexander-quotes/#511709ee

Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.
~Lloyd Alexander


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lloyd-alexander-quotes/#968f04cf

My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.
~Lloyd Alexander


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King Arthur was one of my heroes - I played with a trash can lid for a knightly shield and my uncle's cane for the sword Excalibur.
~Lloyd Alexander


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lloyd-alexander-quotes/#73f8d40d

I loved all the world's mythologies.
~Lloyd Alexander


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lloyd-alexander-quotes/#50053338

All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts.
~Lloyd Alexander


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lloyd-alexander-quotes/#65e60f0e

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