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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
Fantasy
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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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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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If the pull of the outside world is strong, there is also a pull towards the human. The cat may disappear on its own errands, but sooner or later, it returns once again for a little while, to greet us with its own type of love.
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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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For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man.
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There is truth in all things, if you understand them well.
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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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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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I only suggest to you: Will you dwell on killing this man? You wish for revenge? If you do, he has already killed you by slow poison. So, let it go. Why waste your time? His life will see to his death.
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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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If we nourish imagination, we nourish everything else.
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Find what you want. I will find you.
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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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There's this huge number of desperate people.
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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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If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn.
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Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.
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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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Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.
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