Bernadette

“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

“In an age that seems to be increasingly dehumanized, when people can be transformed into non-persons, and where a great deal of our adult art seems to diminish our lives rather than add to them, children's literature insists on the values of humanity and humaneness.”
― Lloyd Alexander

“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

“It would be a shame if you were killed. I should be very sorry. I know I wouldn't like it to happen to me.”
― Lloyd Alexander, The Book of Three