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Lloyd Chudley Alexander war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller.

Alexander schrieb viele Fantasy-Kinder- und Jugendbücher sowie einige Romane für Erwachsene. Sein wohl berühmtestes Werk sind die fünfteiligen Chroniken von Prydain. Die ersten beiden Teile waren die Vorlage für den Disney-Zeichentrickfilm Taran und der Zauberkessel. Die Bücher spielen in dem fiktiven Land Prydain und basieren lose auf walisischen Mythen und dem Mabinogion, einer walisischen Geschichtensammlung, die im Mittelalter aufgezeichnet wurde. Wikipedia  

✵ 30. Januar 1924 – 17. Mai 2007
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“… alas, raising a young lady is a mystery even beyond an enchanter's skill.”

Lloyd Alexander buch The Castle of Llyr

Quelle: The Castle of Llyr

“I'm trying to make myself invisible."

"That's an odd thing to attempt.”

Lloyd Alexander buch The Book of Three

Quelle: The Book of Three

“"I can't make sense out of that girl," he said to the bard. "Can you?"
"Never mind," Fflewddur said. "We aren't really expected to."”

Lloyd Alexander buch The Book of Three

Quelle: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book I: The Book of Three (1964), Chapter 12

“There is more honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.”

Lloyd Alexander buch The Black Cauldron

Quelle: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book II: The Black Cauldron (1965), Chapter 3
Kontext: "I have marched in many a battle host," Adaon answered quietly, "but I have also planted seeds and reaped the harvest with my own hands. And I have learned there is greater honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood."

“If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.”

Lloyd Alexander buch Taran Wanderer

Quelle: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book IV: Taran Wanderer (1967), Chapter 17 (Llonio)

“Find what you want. I will find you.”

Lloyd Alexander buch Westmark

Quelle: Westmark

“Craftsmanship isn’t like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it’s empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains.”

Lloyd Alexander buch Taran Wanderer

Quelle: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book IV: Taran Wanderer (1967), Chapter 19 (Annlaw)

“No matter what has happened, you're not a pig-boy; you're an Assistant Pig Keeper!”

Lloyd Alexander buch The Black Cauldron

Quelle: The Black Cauldron

“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 buch The Black Cauldron

Quelle: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book V : The High King (1968), Chapter 20
Quelle: The Black Cauldron
Kontext: Orgoch gave a most ungentle snort. Orddu, meanwhile, had unfolded a length of brightly woven tapestry and held it out to Taran.
“We came to bring you this, my duckling,” she said. “Take it and pay no heed to Orgoch’s grumbling. She’ll have to swallow her disappointment—for lack of anything better.”
“I have seen this on your loom,” Taran said, more than a little distrustful. “Why do you offer it to me? I do not ask for it, nor can I pay for it.”
“It is yours by right, my robin,” answered Orddu. “It does come from our loom, if you insist on strictest detail, but it was really you who wove it.”
Puzzled, Taran looked more closely at the fabric and saw it crowded with images of men and women, of warriors and battles, of birds and animals. “These,” he murmured in wonder, “these are of my own life.”
“Of course,” Orddu replied. “The pattern is of your choosing and always was.”
“My choosing?” Taran questioned. “Not yours? Yet I believed...” He stopped and raised his eyes to Orddu. “Yes,” he said slowly, “once I did believe the world went at your bidding. I see now it is not so. The strands of life are not woven by three hags or even by three beautiful damsels. The pattern indeed was mine. But here,” he added, frowning as he scanned the final portion of the fabric where the weaving broke off and the threads fell unraveled, “here it is unfinished.”
“Naturally,” said Orddu. “You must still choose the pattern, and so must each of you poor, perplexed fledglings, as long as thread remains to be woven.”

“There is truth in all things, if you understand them well.”

Lloyd Alexander The Chronicles of Prydain

Quelle: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book II: The Black Cauldron (1965), Chapter 3

“A crown is a pitiless master, harsher than the staff of a pig-keeper; while a staff bears up, a crown weighs down, beyond the strength of any man to wear it lightly.”

Lloyd Alexander The Chronicles of Prydain

Quelle: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book V : The High King (1968), Chapter 10 (King Math)

““Believe what you like. You'll be surprised how comforting it is.”
“I ask no comfort,” Taran replied, “but the truth, be it harsh or happy.””

Lloyd Alexander The Chronicles of Prydain

Quelle: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book IV: Taran Wanderer (1967), Chapter 1

“This much have I learned: A man’s life weighs more than glory, and a price paid in blood is a heavy reckoning.”

Lloyd Alexander The Chronicles of Prydain

Quelle: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book V : The High King (1968), Chapter 3 (Taran)

“Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.”

Lloyd Alexander The Chronicles of Prydain

Author's Note
The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book II: The Black Cauldron (1965)

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