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There is truth in all things, if you understand them well.
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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What! I don't care about being a princess! And since I'm already a young lady, how else could I behave? That's like asking a fish not to swim! ~Princess Eilonwy, daughter of Angharad, daughter of Regat, of the Royal house of Llyr
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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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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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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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In the race of men is much greed and envy but of truth, little.
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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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Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.
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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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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.
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