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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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What! I don't care about being a princess! And since I'm already a young lady, how else could I behave? That's like asking a fish not to swim! ~Princess Eilonwy, daughter of Angharad, daughter of Regat, of the Royal house of Llyr
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I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.
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If the pull of the outside world is strong, there is also a pull towards the human. The cat may disappear on its own errands, but sooner or later, it returns once again for a little while, to greet us with its own type of love.
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She had no particular breed in mind, no unusual requirements. Except the special sense of mutual recognition that tells dog and human they have both come to the right place.
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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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Life's a forge - Yes, and hammer and anvil, too. You'll be roasted, smelted, and pounded, and you'll scarce know what's happening to you. But stand proudly to it. Metal's worthless till it is shaped and tempered. More labor than luck. Face the pounding, don't fear the proving and you'll stand well against any hammer and anvil.
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-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.
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Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.
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Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.
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Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.
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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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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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...righteousness [is] always more believable when combined with dreariness.
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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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He was a great poet They lamented. No, he was not a great poet, said Theo, He was a good poet, he could have been better. That's the real loss don't you see?
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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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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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My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.
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I can't stand people who say 'I told you so.' That's worse than somebody coming up and eating your dinner before you have a chance to sit down.
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