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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.
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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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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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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I can't single out one of my books or characters as a favorite. In the same way that I don't have a favorite kidney, my books are organically all part of myself. I might even say that put all together, the books are one ongoing, developing story - which, not coincidentally, happens to be my own lifestory.
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This much have I learned: A man's life weighs more than glory, and a price paid in blood is a heavy reckoning.
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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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...righteousness [is] always more believable when combined with dreariness.
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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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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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Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?
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Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.
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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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Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.
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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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Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.
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