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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.

Lloyd Alexander

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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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Life
Slow
Killing
Waste
Already
Dwell
Wish
Suggest
Death
Poison
Men
Revenge

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