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A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.

Lloyd Alexander

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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
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Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
Discomfort
Crowns
Already
Learned
Much
Adornment
Crown

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