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There is truth in all things, if you understand them well.

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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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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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Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.
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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.
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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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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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My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.
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Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.
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Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.
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My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.
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If life is a loom, the pattern you weave is not so easily unraveled.
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She had no particular breed in mind, no unusual requirements. Except the special sense of mutual recognition that tells dog and human they have both come to the right place.
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Paradoxically, in fantasy for young people I was able to express my own deepest feelings and attitudes more than I had ever done in writing for adults.
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I know that some readers think (The High King) should have ended differently. I cried for three days afterwards.
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-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.
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Two cats can live as cheaply as one, and their owner has twice as much fun
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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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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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