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For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man.
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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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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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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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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-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.
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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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What seems to be love beyond any question is usually a simple case of indigestion.
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Keep out of this, Lucian said. I'm not smiting anybody. You're showing mercy. Catch-a-Tick nodded. That's heroic, too. But not as good as smiting.
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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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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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Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.
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If we nourish imagination, we nourish everything else.
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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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In the race of men is much greed and envy but of truth, little.
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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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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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Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.
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Find what you want. I will find you.
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...righteousness [is] always more believable when combined with dreariness.
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