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Just because you've seen something doesn't mean you'll stop looking. There's always something you didn't see before.
Lloyd Alexander
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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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Neither refuse to give help when it is needed,... nor refuse to accept it when it is offered.
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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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If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn.
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-He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful. -It was stupid.
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If the pull of the outside world is strong, there is also a pull towards the human. The cat may disappear on its own errands, but sooner or later, it returns once again for a little while, to greet us with its own type of love.
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Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?
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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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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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If you want truth you should begin by giving it.
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My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.
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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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...righteousness [is] always more believable when combined with dreariness.
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Two cats can live as cheaply as one, and their owner has twice as much fun
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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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Who but lovers dream alike?
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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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Keep out of this, Lucian said. I'm not smiting anybody. You're showing mercy. Catch-a-Tick nodded. That's heroic, too. But not as good as smiting.
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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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I can't stand people who say 'I told you so.' That's worse than somebody coming up and eating your dinner before you have a chance to sit down.
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...alas, raising a young lady is a mystery even beyond an enchanter's skill.
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