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Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography.

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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
Author
Novelist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
Humanity
Story
Stories
Autobiography
Finally

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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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Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.
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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, 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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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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...alas, raising a young lady is a mystery even beyond an enchanter's skill.
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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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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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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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Most cats do not approach humans recklessly. The possibility of concealed weapons, clods or sticks, tend to make them reserved. Homeless cats in particular-with some justification, unfortunately-consider humans their natural enemies. Much ceremony must be observed, and a number of diplomatic feelers put out, before establishing a state of truce.
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Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy.
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If we nourish imagination, we nourish everything else.
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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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A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.
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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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A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.
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For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man.
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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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My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.
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