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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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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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I loved all the world's mythologies.
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-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.
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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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Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.
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I can't single out one of my books or characters as a favorite. In the same way that I don't have a favorite kidney, my books are organically all part of myself. I might even say that put all together, the books are one ongoing, developing story - which, not coincidentally, happens to be my own lifestory.
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You have a point, said Fronto, and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.
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Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.
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If life is a loom, the pattern you weave is not so easily unraveled.
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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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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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Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.
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The dear girl, I fear, may be contemplating some alarming, disruptive perhaps dangerous project. In which case, I would naturally do all in my power to keep her from any such rash or foolhardy enterprise – unless she wished me to accompany her.
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My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.
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