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There is more honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.
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
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Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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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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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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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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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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