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My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.
Lloyd Alexander
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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
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Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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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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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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-He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful. -It was stupid.
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What seems to be love beyond any question is usually a simple case of indigestion.
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Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography.
Lloyd Alexander
What you may seek and what you may find are not always one.
Lloyd Alexander
Are you slow-witted? I'm so sorry for you. It's terrible to be dull and stupid.
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I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.
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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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Child, child, do you not see? For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.
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Find what you want. I will find you.
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The only thing a cat worries about is what's happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can only wash one paw at a time.
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Once you have courage to look upon evil, seeing it for what it is and naming it by its true name, it is powerless against you, and you can destroy it.
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And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain.
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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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My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.
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Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.
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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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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.
Lloyd Alexander
