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Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy.
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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Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.
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My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.
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A crown is a pitiless master, harsher than the staff of a pig-keeper while a staff bears up, a crown weighs down, beyond the strength of any man to wear it lightly.
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Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?
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What you may seek and what you may find are not always one.
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I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.
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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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Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.
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I loved all the world's mythologies.
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Books can truly change our lives: the lives of those who read them, the lives of those who write them. Readers and writers alike discover things they never knew about the world and about themselves.
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If you want truth you should begin by giving it.
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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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You know how chickens are, imagining the world coming to an end one moment, then pecking corn the next.
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Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography.
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By all means, cried the bard, his eyes lighting up. A Fflam to the rescue! Storm the castle! Carry it by assault! Batter down the gates! There's not much of it left to storm, said Eilonwy. Oh? said Fflewddur, with disappointment. Very well, we shall do the best we can.
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Using the device of an imaginary world allows me in some strange way to go to the central issues - it's one of many ways to express feelings about real people, about real human relationships.
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The Prydain Companion is more than a quick reference or handy glossary, though it is all of that as well. Instructive, certainly. But, like any good companion, a pleasure to be with over a long period of time.
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