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If I do find pride, I'll not find it in what I was or what I am, but what I may become. Not in my birth, but in myself.

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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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If you want truth you should begin by giving it.
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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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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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My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.
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Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.
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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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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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