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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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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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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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I can't single out one of my books or characters as a favorite. In the same way that I don't have a favorite kidney, my books are organically all part of myself. I might even say that put all together, the books are one ongoing, developing story - which, not coincidentally, happens to be my own lifestory.
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There is truth in all things, if you understand them well.
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In the race of men is much greed and envy but of truth, little.
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Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.
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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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Hope is an essential thread in the fabric of all fantasies, an Ariadne's thread to guide us out of the labyrinth ... Human beings have always needed hope, and surely now more than ever.
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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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Is there not glory enough in living the days given to us? You should know there is adventure in simply being among those we love and the things we love, and beauty, too.
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There is more honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.
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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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Just because you've seen something doesn't mean you'll stop looking. There's always something you didn't see before.
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After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.
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