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Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.

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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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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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Most cats do not approach humans recklessly. The possibility of concealed weapons, clods or sticks, tend to make them reserved. Homeless cats in particular-with some justification, unfortunately-consider humans their natural enemies. Much ceremony must be observed, and a number of diplomatic feelers put out, before establishing a state of truce.
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If you want truth you should begin by giving it.
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-He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful. -It was stupid.
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If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn.
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Is there not glory enough in living the days given to us? You should know there is adventure in simply being among those we love and the things we love, and beauty, too.
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If the pull of the outside world is strong, there is also a pull towards the human. The cat may disappear on its own errands, but sooner or later, it returns once again for a little while, to greet us with its own type of love.
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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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What seems to be love beyond any question is usually a simple case of indigestion.
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-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.
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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.
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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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Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.
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A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.
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Hope is an essential thread in the fabric of all fantasies, an Ariadne's thread to guide us out of the labyrinth ... Human beings have always needed hope, and surely now more than ever.
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After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.
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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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My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.
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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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