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Books can truly change our lives: the lives of those who read them, the lives of those who write them. Readers and writers alike discover things they never knew about the world and about themselves.
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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Craftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains.
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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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In the race of men is much greed and envy but of truth, little.
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Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?
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By all means, cried the bard, his eyes lighting up. A Fflam to the rescue! Storm the castle! Carry it by assault! Batter down the gates! There's not much of it left to storm, said Eilonwy. Oh? said Fflewddur, with disappointment. Very well, we shall do the best we can.
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-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.
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You have a point, said Fronto, and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.
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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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I loved all the world's mythologies.
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What seems to be love beyond any question is usually a simple case of indigestion.
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If the pull of the outside world is strong, there is also a pull towards the human. The cat may disappear on its own errands, but sooner or later, it returns once again for a little while, to greet us with its own type of love.
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Hope is an essential thread in the fabric of all fantasies, an Ariadne's thread to guide us out of the labyrinth ... Human beings have always needed hope, and surely now more than ever.
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Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography.
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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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Find what you want. I will find you.
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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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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.
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What you may seek and what you may find are not always one.
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