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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.
Lloyd Alexander
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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
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Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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That is why your sacrifice was all the more difficult. You chose to be a hero not through enchantment but through your own manhood.
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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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Child, child, do you not see? For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.
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My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.
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Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?
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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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