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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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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
Chose
Hero
Sacrifice
Difficult
Enchantment
Manhood

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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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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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He was a great poet They lamented. No, he was not a great poet, said Theo, He was a good poet, he could have been better. That's the real loss don't you see?
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And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain.
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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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A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.
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You have a point, said Fronto, and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.
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I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.
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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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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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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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If the pull of the outside world is strong, there is also a pull towards the human. The cat may disappear on its own errands, but sooner or later, it returns once again for a little while, to greet us with its own type of love.
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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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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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Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.
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There's this huge number of desperate people.
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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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He will not succeed in this, Taran said. Somehow, we must find a way to escape. We dare not lose hope. I agree absolutely, Fflewddur answered. Your general idea is excellent it's only the details that are lacking.
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