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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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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
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Novelist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
Stupid
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Dull
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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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Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.
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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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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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For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man.
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