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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.

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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
Author
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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