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Ллойд Ча́дли Алекса́ндер — американский фантаст, автор более 40 книг, преимущественно в жанре детского фэнтези. Наибольшую популярность получила его пенталогия «Хроники Придейна», по первым двум книгам которой были созданы популярный диснеевский мультфильм «Чёрный котёл» и одноимённый квест. Книги Александера неоднократно получали престижные литературные премии. Wikipedia

✵ 30. Январь 1924 – 17. Май 2007

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„Настоящие знания мы получаем, когда ищем ответ на вопрос, а не когда узнаем сам ответ.“

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„Надо только обострить глаз, чтобы не прозевать удачу, и заострить ум, чтобы разумно использовать то, что плывет тебе в руки.“

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Источник: Хроники Придайна. Книга 4. Тарен-Странник

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„Узор, который выткан на полотне жизни, не распустишь также легко, как на ткацком станке.“

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Источник: Хроники Придайна. Книга 1. Книга Трех

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„Есть ли на свете зло хуже того, что скрывается под маской добра?“

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Источник: Хроники Придайна. Книга 5. Верховный король

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„Самое противное — это прерванный сон! Никак нельзя вернуться в него снова.“

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Источник: Хроники Придайна. Книга 3. Замок Ллира

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„Очень просто осудить зло явное, отдельное от всего. Но, увы, во многих из нас хорошее и плохое тесно сплетается в причудливый узор, как нити на ткацком станке.“

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Источник: Хроники Придайна. Книга 2. Черный Котел

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„;-Она,конечно,в значительной степени свинья,-размышлял бард,- но и в неменьшей степени красива.“

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Источник: Хроники Придайна. Книга 1. Книга Трех

Ллойд Александер: Цитаты на английском языке

“Well, that is one of the three foundations of learning: see much, study much, suffer much.”

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Lloyd Alexander Хроники Прайдена

Источник: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book I: The Book of Three (1964), Chapter 1

“"I don't even know who I am."
"In a way," answered Gwydion, "that is something we must all discover for ourselves."”

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Источник: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book I: The Book of Three (1964), Chapter 2

“Llonio said life was a net for luck; to Hevydd the Smith life was a forge; and to Dwyvach the Weaver-Woman a loom. They spoke truly, for it is all of these. But you,” Taran said, his eyes meeting the potter’s, “you have shown me life is one thing more. It is clay to be shaped, as raw clay on a potter’s wheel.”

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Источник: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book IV: Taran Wanderer (1967), Chapter 21

“Count yourself lucky,” the potter went on, “that you have understood this now and not spent your years in vain hope. This much have you learned, and no learning is wasted.”

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

“It is not the trappings that make the prince, nor, indeed, the sword that makes the warrior.”

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Источник: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book I: The Book of Three (1964), Chapter 2

“Are these signs of hope, or do we deceive ourselves by wishing them to be?”

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Lloyd Alexander Хроники Прайдена

Источник: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book V : The High King (1968), Chapter 15 (Taran)

“In the algebra of fantasy, A times B doesn't have to equal B times A. But, once established, the equation must hold throughout the story.”

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"The Flat-Heeled Muse", Horn Book Magazine (1 April 1965)

“The task counts more than the one who does it.”

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Lloyd Alexander Хроники Прайдена

Источник: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book I: The Book of Three (1964), Chapter 2

“A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.”

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Источник: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book V : The High King (1968), Chapter 1 (Dallben)

“It is easy to judge evil unmixed,” replied Gwydion. “But, alas, in most of us good and bad are closely woven as the threads on a loom; greater wisdom than mine is needed for the judging.”

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Lloyd Alexander Хроники Прайдена

Источник: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book II: The Black Cauldron (1965), Chapter 20

“In the race of men is much greed and envy; but of truth, little.”

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Источник: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book IV: Taran Wanderer (1967), Chapter 8 (Morda)

“This is a place of peace," Medwyn said, "and therefore not suitable for men, at least, not yet.”

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Источник: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book I: The Book of Three (1964), Chapter 13

“Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.”

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Источник: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book V : The High King (1968), Chapter 21

“That’s another thing about emperors—and regents,” Gareth said. “They aren’t very fond of changes, even if the changes are for the better.”

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Источник: Time Cat (1963), Chapter 9 “Secret Journeys” (p. 91)

““Oh yes,” said the Emperor. “That’s what you have to do when you approach the Celestial Presence—that’s me.”
“Well, I’m afraid that no cat in the world ever bowed to an emperor,” said Jason. “They just won’t do it, Ichigo, and you’re wasting your time if you try to force them. A cat does what he wants, when he wants, emperor or not.””

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Источник: Time Cat (1963), Chapter 8 “Master of Imperial Cats” (p. 79)

“The destinies of men are woven one with the other, and you can turn aside from them no more than you can turn aside from your own.”

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Источник: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book III: The Castle of Llyr (1966), Chapter 19

“So you say, so you say,” murmured Fflewddur, hurrying after him. “Look closer into your heart. You may find your opinion to be somewhat different.”

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Источник: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book III: The Castle of Llyr (1966), Chapter 5

“Once you have courage to look upon evil, seeing it for what it is and naming it by its true name, it is powerless against you, and you can destroy it.”

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Источник: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book I: The Book of Three (1964), Chapter 19

“There is much to be known,” said Adaon, “and above all much to be loved, be it the turn of the seasons or the shape of a river pebble. Indeed, the more we find to love, the more we add to the measure of our hearts.”

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

“Our only hope for tomorrow is peace now.”

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Spring of 1970; referring to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam – as quoted in Lloyd Alexander (1991) by Jill P. May, p. 10

“He’s as impartial as a herring’s backbone, for he favors neither side and is attached to both!”

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Источник: Time Cat (1963), Chapter 15 “The Manxmen” (p. 152)

““Didn’t you ever see a cat before?”
“Of course I did,” said the boy. “Hundreds of them. But just because you’ve seen something, it doesn’t mean you stop looking. There’s always something you didn’t see before.””

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Lloyd Alexander

Источник: Time Cat (1963), Chapter 10 “Odranoel” (pp. 100-101)

““What civilization would be complete without a cat?” the Professor went on. “What greater blessing to the home than the kindly yet watchful eye of this tiger of the fireside?””

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Источник: Time Cat (1963), Chapter 19 “Parker’s Perpetual Mousetraps” (p. 190)

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

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"The Flat-Heeled Muse" http://www.hbook.com/1965/04/choosing-books/horn-book-magazine/flat-heeled-muse/, Horn Book Magazine (1 April 1965)

“At heart, the issues raised in a work of fantasy are those we face in real life. In whatever guise—our own daily nightmares of war, intolerance, inhumanity; or the struggles of an Assistant Pig-Keeper against the Lord of Death—the problems are agonizingly familiar. And an openness to compassion, love and mercy, is as essential to us here and now as it is to any inhabitant of an imaginary kingdom.”

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Newbery Award acceptance speech (1969)

“Draw Dyrnwyn, only thou of noble worth, to rule with justice, to strike down evil. Who wields it in good cause shall slay even the Lord of Death.”

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The runic inscription upon the scabbard of Dyrnwyn, correctly read by the bard Taliesin, in Chapter 19
The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book V : The High King (1968)

“The raw materials of story are the raw materials of all human cultures. Story deals with the same questions as theology, philosophy, psychology. It is concerned with polarities: love and hate, birth and death, joy and sorrow, loss and recovery.”

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"The Grammar of Story", in Celebrating Children's Books (1981), pp. 10–11

“Laws assure animals of protection – formally, officially, set down in black and white. But in the long run, the best protection is the human heart.”

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Fifty Years in the Doghouse (1964), p. 256

“Fantasy, by its power to move us so deeply, to dramatize, even melo-dramatize, morality, can be one of the most effective means of establishing a capacity for adult values.”

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"Wishful Thinking – Or Hopeful Dreaming?" (1968)

“If life is a loom, the pattern you weave is not so easily unraveled.”

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Источник: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book IV: Taran Wanderer (1967), Chapter 18 (Dwyvach)