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“Mourn the dead by pitying the living.”

— Lloyd Alexander, The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain, 1973, "The Sword"

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About Lloyd Alexander

1924 – 2007

American author of fantasy novels, including "The Chronicles of Prydain".

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