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I loved all the world's mythologies.

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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
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Novelist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
Mythologies
Mythology
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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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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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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.
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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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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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Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.
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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'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.
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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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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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A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.
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What! I don't care about being a princess! And since I'm already a young lady, how else could I behave? That's like asking a fish not to swim! ~Princess Eilonwy, daughter of Angharad, daughter of Regat, of the Royal house of Llyr
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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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Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.
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I know that some readers think (The High King) should have ended differently. I cried for three days afterwards.
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Is there not glory enough in living the days given to us? You should know there is adventure in simply being among those we love and the things we love, and beauty, too.
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The point is not to look back, but to look ahead to what you hope still to do.
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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography.
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