“The more we find to love, the more we add to the measure of our hearts.”

— Lloyd Alexander, The Black Cauldron (1965)

About Lloyd Alexander

1924 – 2007

American author of fantasy novels, including "The Chronicles of Prydain".

“The muse in charge of fantasy wears good, sensible shoes.”

“In the algebra of fantasy, A times B doesn't have to equal B times A.”

“At heart, the issues raised in a work of fantasy are those we face in real life.”

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“To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness.”

“i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)”

“A loving heart maintains a family; a hateful heart destroys a family.”

“Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each includes the other, each is enriched by the other.”

“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made.”

“Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.”