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Ever since human beings learned to talk to each other, we've been fascinated with storytelling of every kind. Blessed (or cursed) with insatiable curiosity, we have to know what happens next.
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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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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Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.
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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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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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If you want truth you should begin by giving it.
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