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Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.

Lloyd Alexander

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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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The dear girl, I fear, may be contemplating some alarming, disruptive perhaps dangerous project. In which case, I would naturally do all in my power to keep her from any such rash or foolhardy enterprise – unless she wished me to accompany her.
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My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.
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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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A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.
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A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.
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My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.
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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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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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What you may seek and what you may find are not always one.
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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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