Lloyd Alexander: Doing

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“In some cases we learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.”

Source: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book I: The Book of Three (1964), Chapter 1
Context: "Why?" Dallben interrupted. "In some cases," he said, "we learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself."

“If I do find pride, I'll not find it in what I was or what I am, but what I may become. Not in my birth, but in myself.”

Source: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book IV: Taran Wanderer (1967), Chapter 16

“Child, child, do you not see? For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.”

Source: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book III: The Castle of Llyr (1966), Chapter 1
Source: The Black Cauldron

“Most of us are called on to perform tasks far beyond what we believe we can do.”

Author's Note
Source: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book I: The Book of Three (1964)
Context: Most of us are called on to perform tasks far beyond what we believe we can do. Our capabilities seldom match our aspirations, and we are often woefully unprepared. To this extent, we are all Assistant Pig-Keepers at heart.

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

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