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Who but lovers dream alike?

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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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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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What you may seek and what you may find are not always one.
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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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If you want truth you should begin by giving it.
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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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Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.
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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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Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.
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My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.
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He will not succeed in this, Taran said. Somehow, we must find a way to escape. We dare not lose hope. I agree absolutely, Fflewddur answered. Your general idea is excellent it's only the details that are lacking.
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Just because you've seen something doesn't mean you'll stop looking. There's always something you didn't see before.
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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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-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.
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Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.
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Ever since human beings learned to talk to each other, we've been fascinated with storytelling of every kind. Blessed (or cursed) with insatiable curiosity, we have to know what happens next.
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Most cats do not approach humans recklessly. The possibility of concealed weapons, clods or sticks, tend to make them reserved. Homeless cats in particular-with some justification, unfortunately-consider humans their natural enemies. Much ceremony must be observed, and a number of diplomatic feelers put out, before establishing a state of truce.
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My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.
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You must know nothing before you can learn something, and be empty before you can be filled. Is not the emptiness of the bowl what makes it useful? As for laws, a parrot can repeat them word for word. Their spirit is something else again. As for governing, one must first be lowest before being highest.
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