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My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.
Lloyd Alexander
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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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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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