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After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.
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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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In the race of men is much greed and envy but of truth, little.
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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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Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.
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Find what you want. I will find you.
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A crown is a pitiless master, harsher than the staff of a pig-keeper while a staff bears up, a crown weighs down, beyond the strength of any man to wear it lightly.
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-He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful. -It was stupid.
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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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You know how chickens are, imagining the world coming to an end one moment, then pecking corn the next.
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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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A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.
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