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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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My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.
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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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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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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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I only suggest to you: Will you dwell on killing this man? You wish for revenge? If you do, he has already killed you by slow poison. So, let it go. Why waste your time? His life will see to his death.
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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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