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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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Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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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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She had no particular breed in mind, no unusual requirements. Except the special sense of mutual recognition that tells dog and human they have both come to the right place.
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Keep out of this, Lucian said. I'm not smiting anybody. You're showing mercy. Catch-a-Tick nodded. That's heroic, too. But not as good as smiting.
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...righteousness [is] always more believable when combined with dreariness.
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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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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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Craftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains.
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Child, child, do you not see? For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.
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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 man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.
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If we nourish imagination, we nourish everything else.
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Neither refuse to give help when it is needed,... nor refuse to accept it when it is offered.
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There is more honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.
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If you want truth you should begin by giving it.
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Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.
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Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography.
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My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.
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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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