Eilonwy Quotes

“I can't make sense out of that girl," he said to the bard, "Can you?"

"Never mind," Fflewddur said, "We aren't really expected to.”
― Lloyd Alexander, The Book of Three

“No matter what has happened, you're not a pig-boy; you're an Assistant Pig Keeper!”
― Lloyd Alexander, The Black Cauldron

“What! I don't care about being a princess! And since I'm already a young lady, how else could I behave? That's like asking a fish not to swim!"
~Princess Eilonwy, daughter of Angharad, daughter of Regat, of the Royal house of Llyr”
― Lloyd Alexander, The Castle of Llyr

“Go back' Taran shouted at the top of his voice.'Have you lost your wits?'
Eilonwy, for it was she, half-halted. She had tucked her plaited hair under a leather helmet. The Princess of Llyr smiled cheerfully at him. 'I understand you're upset,' she shouted back, 'but that's no cause to be rude.' She galloped on.
For a time, Taran could not believe he had really seen her.”
― Lloyd Alexander, The High King

“I know it isn't nice to vex people on purpose—it's like handing them a toad—but this is much too good to miss and I may never have another chance at it.”
― Lloyd Alexander, The Book of Three

“Ah, Princess," Dallben said, with a furrowed smile, "a crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.”
― Lloyd Alexander, The High King

“A lady doesn't insist on having her own way. Then, next thing you know, it all works out somehow, without one's even trying. I thought I'd never learn, though it's really quite easy once you get the knack.”
― Lloyd Alexander, The High King

“Yet long afterward, when all had passed away into distant memory, there were many who wondered whether King Taran, Queen Eilonwy, and their companions had indeed walked the earth, or whether they had been no more than dreams in a tale set down to beguile children. And, in time, only the bards knew the truth of it.”
― Lloyd Alexander, The High King

“He is here now," Taran said quietly.
"He has long sought you and in ways even he himself did not know. Now that he has found you, can you not find your path back to him?”
― Lloyd Alexander, The Castle of Llyr