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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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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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Fantasy, in addition to being great storytelling, moves us at some unique and profound level. It has, I think, the power of mythology, or ancient dreams we have always and forever shared. In it, we find our real world and our real selves.
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Once you have courage to look upon evil, seeing it for what it is and naming it by its true name, it is powerless against you, and you can destroy it.
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Paradoxically, in fantasy for young people I was able to express my own deepest feelings and attitudes more than I had ever done in writing for adults.
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Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?
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If we nourish imagination, we nourish everything else.
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Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.
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My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.
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Using the device of an imaginary world allows me in some strange way to go to the central issues - it's one of many ways to express feelings about real people, about real human relationships.
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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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A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.
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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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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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I know that some readers think (The High King) should have ended differently. I cried for three days afterwards.
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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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Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.
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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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-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.
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There is truth in all things, if you understand them well.
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Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.
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What seems to be love beyond any question is usually a simple case of indigestion.
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