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

—  Lloyd Alexander , The Chronicles of Prydain

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

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American children's writer 1924–2007

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