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The point is not to look back, but to look ahead to what you hope still to do.
Lloyd Alexander
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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
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Philadelphia
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Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain.
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I only suggest to you: Will you dwell on killing this man? You wish for revenge? If you do, he has already killed you by slow poison. So, let it go. Why waste your time? His life will see to his death.
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What you may seek and what you may find are not always one.
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-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.
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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.
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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 know how chickens are, imagining the world coming to an end one moment, then pecking corn the next.
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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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Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy.
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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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If you want truth you should begin by giving it.
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Find what you want. I will find you.
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I know that some readers think (The High King) should have ended differently. I cried for three days afterwards.
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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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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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A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.
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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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Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography.
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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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Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.
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