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At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, and at the end of wisdom, there is not grief...but hope
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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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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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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Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography.
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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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Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.
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In the race of men is much greed and envy but of truth, little.
Lloyd Alexander
Neither refuse to give help when it is needed,... nor refuse to accept it when it is offered.
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Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.
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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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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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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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My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.
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There is truth in all things, if you understand them well.
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My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.
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Just because you've seen something doesn't mean you'll stop looking. There's always something you didn't see before.
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Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?
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What you may seek and what you may find are not always one.
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After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.
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Two cats can live as cheaply as one, and their owner has twice as much fun
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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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