My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of … - Lloyd Alexander

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I don't have a lot of experiences like this where every time I thought I had a good idea it was totally wrong. I had to give in completely and just try to make the movie Alejandro Amenábar was trying to make.

Lloyd Alexander

My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.

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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.

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I saw myself. . . in the time I watched, I saw strength and frailty, pride and vanity, courage and fear. Of wisdom, a little. Of folly much. Of intentions many good ones; but many more left undone. On this alas, I saw myself a man like any other. But this too I saw. . . Alike as men may seem, each is different as flakes of snow, no two the same. You told me you had no need to seek the Mirror, knowing you were Annlaw Clay-Shaper. Now I know who I am: myself and none other. I am Taran.

Folly, Men, Ones, Pride, Taran, Two

She has given you something of value: the truth in her heart.

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If a storyteller worried about the facts - my dear Lucian, how could he ever get at the truth?

Dear, Facts, Lucian, Storyteller, Worried

Any fool can tell a story. Take a few odds and ends of things that happen to you, dress them up, shuffle them about, add a dash of excitement, a little color, and there you have it.

Color, Dash, Dress, Dresses, Odds, Tell

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