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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
Seizes
Seize
Along
Whatever
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Something

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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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-He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful. -It was stupid.
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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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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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