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Is there not glory enough in living the days given to us? You should know there is adventure in simply being among those we love and the things we love, and beauty, too.
Lloyd Alexander
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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
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Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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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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-He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful. -It was stupid.
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If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn.
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You have a point, said Fronto, and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.
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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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If we nourish imagination, we nourish everything else.
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You know how chickens are, imagining the world coming to an end one moment, then pecking corn the next.
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Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?
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A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.
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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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The only thing a cat worries about is what's happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can only wash one paw at a time.
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