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The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5) QUOTES

The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5) QUOTES

1 " A shade of sorrow passed over Taliesin's face. 'There are those,' he said gently, 'who must first learn loss, despair, and grief. Of all paths to wisdom, this is the cruelest and longest. Are you one who must follow such a way? This even I cannot know. If you are, take heart nonetheless. Those who reach the end do more than gain wisdom. As rough wool becomes cloth, and crude clay a vessel, so do they change and fashion wisdom for others, and what they give back is greater than what they won. "

― Lloyd Alexander , The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)

2 " What you may seek and what you may find are not always one. "

― Lloyd Alexander , The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)

3 " Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good? "

― Lloyd Alexander , The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)

4 " Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone. "

― Lloyd Alexander , The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)

5 " Evil conquered?' said Gwydion. 'You have learned much, but learn this last and hardest of lessons. You have conquered only the enchantments of evil. That was the easiest of your tasks, only a beginning, not an ending. Do you believe evil itself to be so quickly overcome? Not so long as men still hate and slay each other, when greed and anger goad them. Against these even a flaming sword cannot prevail, but only that portion of good in all men's hearts whose flame can never be quenched. "

― Lloyd Alexander , The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)

6 " For the deeds of a man, not the words of a prophecy, are what shape his destiny. "

― Lloyd Alexander , The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)

7 " Good cannot come from evil. "

― Lloyd Alexander , The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)

8 " And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain. "

― Lloyd Alexander , The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)

9 " Once," he added, "you told me that the seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than the gain. "

― Lloyd Alexander , The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)

10 " It is harsh enough for each man to bear his own wound. But he who leads bears the wounds of all who follow him. "

― Lloyd Alexander , The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)

11 " As a boy, he had dreamed of taking a man's place among men; and, as a boy, had deemed himself well fit to do so. Now, amid the grizzled, battle-wise warriors, his strength seemed feeble, his knowledge clouded. "

― Lloyd Alexander , The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)

12 " At the end of their grim race, death might be the only prize. "

― Lloyd Alexander , The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)

13 " A man's life weighs more then glory, and a price paid in blood is a heavy reckoning. "

― Lloyd Alexander , The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)

14 " Of wisdom there are as many patterns as a loom can weave. Yours is the wisdom of good and kindly heart. Scarce it is and its worth all the greater. "

― Lloyd Alexander , The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)

15 " A lady doesn't insist on having her own way. Then, next thing you know, it all works out somehow, without one's even trying. I thought I'd never learn, though it's really quite easy once you get the knack. "

― Lloyd Alexander , The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)

16 " When prophecies give no help, men must find it themselves. "

― Lloyd Alexander , The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)

17 " Ah, Princess," Dallben said, with a furrowed smile, "a crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much. "

― Lloyd Alexander , The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)

18 " It is beyond any man's wisdom to judge the secret heart of another... for in it are good and evil mixed. "

― Lloyd Alexander , The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)

19 " One way everything looks all right, the other way, it looks all wrong. "

― Lloyd Alexander , The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)

20 " Our pride is not in fighting but in farming; In the work of our, hands not our blades. Never have we sought war. We come to the Banner of the white pig because it is the banner of our friend, Terran Wanderer. "

― Lloyd Alexander , The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5)