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Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.

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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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Growing
Without
Even
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Realms
Accomplished
Fantasy

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...alas, raising a young lady is a mystery even beyond an enchanter's skill.
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...righteousness [is] always more believable when combined with dreariness.
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-He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful. -It was stupid.
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I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.
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Forgive me....I called you an idiot. I spoke too hastily. You are not. Had I given it more thought, I would have called you a scoundrel.
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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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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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There's this huge number of desperate people.
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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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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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Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.
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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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-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.
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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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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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This much have I learned: A man's life weighs more than glory, and a price paid in blood is a heavy reckoning.
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