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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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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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