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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
Author
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
Whatever
Comes
Something
Seizes
Seize
Along

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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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Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.
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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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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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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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Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.
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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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Using the device of an imaginary world allows me in some strange way to go to the central issues - it's one of many ways to express feelings about real people, about real human relationships.
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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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In the race of men is much greed and envy but of truth, little.
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I loved all the world's mythologies.
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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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If we nourish imagination, we nourish everything else.
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Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography.
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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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If you want truth you should begin by giving it.
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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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A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.
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