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Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.
Lloyd Alexander
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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
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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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Ever since human beings learned to talk to each other, we've been fascinated with storytelling of every kind. Blessed (or cursed) with insatiable curiosity, we have to know what happens next.
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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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There's this huge number of desperate people.
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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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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.
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A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.
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There is more honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.
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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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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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Are you slow-witted? I'm so sorry for you. It's terrible to be dull and stupid.
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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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Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography.
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Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?
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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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Two cats can live as cheaply as one, and their owner has twice as much fun
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I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.
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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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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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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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