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Keep out of this, Lucian said. I'm not smiting anybody. You're showing mercy. Catch-a-Tick nodded. That's heroic, too. But not as good as smiting.
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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Lucian
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Fantasy, in addition to being great storytelling, moves us at some unique and profound level. It has, I think, the power of mythology, or ancient dreams we have always and forever shared. In it, we find our real world and our real selves.
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Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.
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Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.
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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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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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What seems to be love beyond any question is usually a simple case of indigestion.
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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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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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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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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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Two cats can live as cheaply as one, and their owner has twice as much fun
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Who but lovers dream alike?
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