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Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.
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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A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.
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Forgive me....I called you an idiot. I spoke too hastily. You are not. Had I given it more thought, I would have called you a scoundrel.
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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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I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.
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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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Ever since human beings learned to talk to each other, we've been fascinated with storytelling of every kind. Blessed (or cursed) with insatiable curiosity, we have to know what happens next.
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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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My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.
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The Prydain Companion is more than a quick reference or handy glossary, though it is all of that as well. Instructive, certainly. But, like any good companion, a pleasure to be with over a long period of time.
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And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain.
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What! I don't care about being a princess! And since I'm already a young lady, how else could I behave? That's like asking a fish not to swim! ~Princess Eilonwy, daughter of Angharad, daughter of Regat, of the Royal house of Llyr
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If you want truth you should begin by giving it.
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...alas, raising a young lady is a mystery even beyond an enchanter's skill.
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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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Find what you want. I will find you.
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The only thing a cat worries about is what's happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can only wash one paw at a time.
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-He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful. -It was stupid.
Lloyd Alexander
You must know nothing before you can learn something, and be empty before you can be filled. Is not the emptiness of the bowl what makes it useful? As for laws, a parrot can repeat them word for word. Their spirit is something else again. As for governing, one must first be lowest before being highest.
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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.
Lloyd Alexander
I know that some readers think (The High King) should have ended differently. I cried for three days afterwards.
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