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Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.

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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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Whatever
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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 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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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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I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.
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For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man.
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She had no particular breed in mind, no unusual requirements. Except the special sense of mutual recognition that tells dog and human they have both come to the right place.
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There's this huge number of desperate people.
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Is there not glory enough in living the days given to us? You should know there is adventure in simply being among those we love and the things we love, and beauty, too.
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The Prydain Companion is more than a quick reference or handy glossary, though it is all of that as well. Instructive, certainly. But, like any good companion, a pleasure to be with over a long period of time.
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Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy.
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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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At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, and at the end of wisdom, there is not grief...but hope
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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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The only thing a cat worries about is what's happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can only wash one paw at a time.
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What seems to be love beyond any question is usually a simple case of indigestion.
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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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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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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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There is truth in all things, if you understand them well.
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