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Find what you want. I will find you.

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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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You have a point, said Fronto, and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.
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-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.
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For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man.
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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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Neither refuse to give help when it is needed,... nor refuse to accept it when it is offered.
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The Prydain Companion is more than a quick reference or handy glossary, though it is all of that as well. Instructive, certainly. But, like any good companion, a pleasure to be with over a long period of time.
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Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.
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He will not succeed in this, Taran said. Somehow, we must find a way to escape. We dare not lose hope. I agree absolutely, Fflewddur answered. Your general idea is excellent it's only the details that are lacking.
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I know that some readers think (The High King) should have ended differently. I cried for three days afterwards.
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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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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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Forgive me....I called you an idiot. I spoke too hastily. You are not. Had I given it more thought, I would have called you a scoundrel.
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A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.
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Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy.
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You must know nothing before you can learn something, and be empty before you can be filled. Is not the emptiness of the bowl what makes it useful? As for laws, a parrot can repeat them word for word. Their spirit is something else again. As for governing, one must first be lowest before being highest.
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Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.
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There is truth in all things, if you understand them well.
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I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.
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My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.
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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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