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Who but lovers dream alike?
The journey is the treasure.
Count the deed, not the thought.
Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.
I loved all the world's mythologies.
Find what you want. I will find you.
True allegiance is only given willingly.
Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography.
Behind one truth there is always yet another.
There's this huge number of desperate people.
If you want truth you should begin by giving it.
If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
Oh, my parents never cracked a book, just newspapers.
My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.
For Wayfarers still journeying, for Wanderers at rest.
A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.
If we nourish imagination, we nourish everything else.
A taste for adventure is by no means a masculine monopoly.
Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy.
There is truth in all things, if you understand them well.
What you may seek and what you may find are not always one.
Children's literature is as valid an art form as any other.
Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?
She has given you something of value: the truth in her heart.
In the race of men is much greed and envy; but of truth, little.
I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.
And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain.
I intend to follow the path of virtue. It will not be overcrowded.
After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.
For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man.
We hold each other's lives in our open hands, not in clenched fists.
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.
Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.
-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.
Trust your luck, Taran Wanderer. But don't forget to put out your nets!
Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.
Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.
-"He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful." -"It was stupid.
Two cats can live as cheaply as one, and their owner has twice as much fun
...righteousness [is] always more believable when combined with dreariness.
I'm impossible when a book is taking shape. Well, actually, I'm despicable.
...alas, raising a young lady is a mystery even beyond an enchanter's skill.
There is more honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.
Keep reading. It's one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have.
All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts.
The point is not to look back, but to look ahead to what you hope still to do.
Indeed, the more we find to love, the more we add to the measure of our hearts.
Are you slow-witted? I'm so sorry for you. It's terrible to be dull and stupid.