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“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
― Lloyd Alexander

“Most of us are called on to perform tasks far beyond what 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.”
― Lloyd Alexander, The Book of Three

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

“Joy is based on the spiritual knowledge that, while the world in which we live is shrouded in darkness, God has overcome the world.”
― Henri Nouwen