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If you want truth you should begin by giving it.

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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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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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Find what you want. I will find you.
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The point is not to look back, but to look ahead to what you hope still to do.
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Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.
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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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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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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.
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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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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 I do find pride, I'll not find it in what I was or what I am, but what I may become. Not in my birth, but in myself.
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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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I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.
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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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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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Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.
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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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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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