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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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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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Books can truly change our lives: the lives of those who read them, the lives of those who write them. Readers and writers alike discover things they never knew about the world and about themselves.
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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 can't stand people who say 'I told you so.' That's worse than somebody coming up and eating your dinner before you have a chance to sit down.
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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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-He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful. -It was stupid.
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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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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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And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain.
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My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.
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A crown is a pitiless master, harsher than the staff of a pig-keeper while a staff bears up, a crown weighs down, beyond the strength of any man to wear it lightly.
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Fantasy, in addition to being great storytelling, moves us at some unique and profound level. It has, I think, the power of mythology, or ancient dreams we have always and forever shared. In it, we find our real world and our real selves.
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What seems to be love beyond any question is usually a simple case of indigestion.
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Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy.
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Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.
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Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.
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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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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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