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My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.

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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Humans
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What you may seek and what you may find are not always one.
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Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.
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I only suggest to you: Will you dwell on killing this man? You wish for revenge? If you do, he has already killed you by slow poison. So, let it go. Why waste your time? His life will see to his death.
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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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-He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful. -It was stupid.
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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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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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You have a point, said Fronto, and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.
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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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You know how chickens are, imagining the world coming to an end one moment, then pecking corn the next.
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In the race of men is much greed and envy but of truth, little.
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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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A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.
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Books can truly change our lives: the lives of those who read them, the lives of those who write them. Readers and writers alike discover things they never knew about the world and about themselves.
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I loved all the world's mythologies.
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Are you slow-witted? I'm so sorry for you. It's terrible to be dull and stupid.
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I know that some readers think (The High King) should have ended differently. I cried for three days afterwards.
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