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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.

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
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Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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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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Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?
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Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.
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There is truth in all things, if you understand them well.
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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.
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Neither refuse to give help when it is needed,... nor refuse to accept it when it is offered.
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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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-He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful. -It was stupid.
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A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.
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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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What you may seek and what you may find are not always one.
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Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography.
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And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain.
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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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That is why your sacrifice was all the more difficult. You chose to be a hero not through enchantment but through your own manhood.
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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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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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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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You must know nothing before you can learn something, and be empty before you can be filled. Is not the emptiness of the bowl what makes it useful? As for laws, a parrot can repeat them word for word. Their spirit is something else again. As for governing, one must first be lowest before being highest.
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