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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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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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I loved all the world's mythologies.
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Hope is an essential thread in the fabric of all fantasies, an Ariadne's thread to guide us out of the labyrinth ... Human beings have always needed hope, and surely now more than ever.
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Craftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains.
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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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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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I can't stand people who say 'I told you so.' That's worse than somebody coming up and eating your dinner before you have a chance to sit down.
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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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Paradoxically, in fantasy for young people I was able to express my own deepest feelings and attitudes more than I had ever done in writing for adults.
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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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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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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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Fantasy, in addition to being great storytelling, moves us at some unique and profound level. It has, I think, the power of mythology, or ancient dreams we have always and forever shared. In it, we find our real world and our real selves.
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Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography.
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Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.
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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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Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.
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There is truth in all things, if you understand them well.
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