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If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn.
Lloyd Alexander
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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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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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He was a great poet They lamented. No, he was not a great poet, said Theo, He was a good poet, he could have been better. That's the real loss don't you see?
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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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Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.
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If we nourish imagination, we nourish everything else.
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Life's a forge - Yes, and hammer and anvil, too. You'll be roasted, smelted, and pounded, and you'll scarce know what's happening to you. But stand proudly to it. Metal's worthless till it is shaped and tempered. More labor than luck. Face the pounding, don't fear the proving and you'll stand well against any hammer and anvil.
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-He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful. -It was stupid.
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Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?
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You have a point, said Fronto, and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.
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