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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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Well
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Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.
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Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.
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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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-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.
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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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Are you slow-witted? I'm so sorry for you. It's terrible to be dull and stupid.
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Find what you want. I will find you.
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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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At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, and at the end of wisdom, there is not grief...but hope
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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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What you may seek and what you may find are not always one.
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Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.
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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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You have a point, said Fronto, and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.
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My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.
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If I do find pride, I'll not find it in what I was or what I am, but what I may become. Not in my birth, but in myself.
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There's this huge number of desperate people.
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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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Craftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains.
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