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What you may seek and what you may find are not always one.

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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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Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.
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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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Just because you've seen something doesn't mean you'll stop looking. There's always something you didn't see before.
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Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.
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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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A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.
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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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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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A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.
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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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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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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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The only thing a cat worries about is what's happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can only wash one paw at a time.
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Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography.
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You have a point, said Fronto, and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.
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I loved all the world's mythologies.
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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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-He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful. -It was stupid.
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