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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?

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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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Theo
Lamented
Poet
Loss
Better
Real
Great

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I only suggest to you: Will you dwell on killing this man? You wish for revenge? If you do, he has already killed you by slow poison. So, let it go. Why waste your time? His life will see to his death.
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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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There is more honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.
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Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.
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If I do find pride, I'll not find it in what I was or what I am, but what I may become. Not in my birth, but in myself.
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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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A crown is a pitiless master, harsher than the staff of a pig-keeper while a staff bears up, a crown weighs down, beyond the strength of any man to wear it lightly.
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Most cats do not approach humans recklessly. The possibility of concealed weapons, clods or sticks, tend to make them reserved. Homeless cats in particular-with some justification, unfortunately-consider humans their natural enemies. Much ceremony must be observed, and a number of diplomatic feelers put out, before establishing a state of truce.
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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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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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The point is not to look back, but to look ahead to what you hope still to do.
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My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.
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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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