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Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.
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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My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.
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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 decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.
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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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Neither refuse to give help when it is needed,... nor refuse to accept it when it is offered.
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Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.
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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.
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There's this huge number of desperate people.
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Once you have courage to look upon evil, seeing it for what it is and naming it by its true name, it is powerless against you, and you can destroy it.
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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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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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-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.
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There is more honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.
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...alas, raising a young lady is a mystery even beyond an enchanter's skill.
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Who but lovers dream alike?
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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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You have a point, said Fronto, and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.
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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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If we nourish imagination, we nourish everything else.
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