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Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy.

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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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Fantasy
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...alas, raising a young lady is a mystery even beyond an enchanter's skill.
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Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.
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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 decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.
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At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, and at the end of wisdom, there is not grief...but hope
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Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.
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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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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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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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I loved all the world's mythologies.
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Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.
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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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In the race of men is much greed and envy but of truth, little.
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There is more honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.
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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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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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If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn.
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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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Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?
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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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