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

—  Lloyd Alexander , The Chronicles of Prydain

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

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American children's writer 1924–2007

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