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-He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful. -It was stupid.

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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
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Novelist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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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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If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn.
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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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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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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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Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy.
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I know that some readers think (The High King) should have ended differently. I cried for three days afterwards.
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Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.
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...alas, raising a young lady is a mystery even beyond an enchanter's skill.
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This much have I learned: A man's life weighs more than glory, and a price paid in blood is a heavy reckoning.
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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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You have a point, said Fronto, and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.
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Forgive me....I called you an idiot. I spoke too hastily. You are not. Had I given it more thought, I would have called you a scoundrel.
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