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Neither refuse to give help when it is needed,... nor refuse to accept it when it is offered.

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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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I can't single out one of my books or characters as a favorite. In the same way that I don't have a favorite kidney, my books are organically all part of myself. I might even say that put all together, the books are one ongoing, developing story - which, not coincidentally, happens to be my own lifestory.
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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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The point is not to look back, but to look ahead to what you hope still to do.
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The dear girl, I fear, may be contemplating some alarming, disruptive perhaps dangerous project. In which case, I would naturally do all in my power to keep her from any such rash or foolhardy enterprise – unless she wished me to accompany her.
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Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.
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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.
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A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.
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