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He was a great poet They lamented. No, he was not a great poet, said Theo, He was a good poet, he could have been better. That's the real loss don't you see?
Lloyd Alexander
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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
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Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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That is why your sacrifice was all the more difficult. You chose to be a hero not through enchantment but through your own manhood.
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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
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Paradoxically, in fantasy for young people I was able to express my own deepest feelings and attitudes more than I had ever done in writing for adults.
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Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.
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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.
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If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn.
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Books can truly change our lives: the lives of those who read them, the lives of those who write them. Readers and writers alike discover things they never knew about the world and about themselves.
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Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.
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Craftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains.
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Child, child, do you not see? For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.
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And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain.
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Life's a forge - Yes, and hammer and anvil, too. You'll be roasted, smelted, and pounded, and you'll scarce know what's happening to you. But stand proudly to it. Metal's worthless till it is shaped and tempered. More labor than luck. Face the pounding, don't fear the proving and you'll stand well against any hammer and anvil.
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Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography.
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