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An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.

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Brandon Mull
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: November 8
Novelist
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Utah
United States
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Hello, Newel said. Look, Doren, we have visitors. Kendra, Seth, and ... Muriel's weirdo puppet.....Newel grabbed Seth's hand and shook it vigorously. Congratulations. You just found yourself a secret entrance. So seriously, Doren said. What's with the puppet?
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Ew, sicko. I was practicing Edomic. Sure you were, Jason said. You're just too embarrassed to admit you were playing hide-and-seek all alone. Rachel hiding, nobody seeking.
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I'll not have my grandson subjected to the humiliation of his reading becoming public. We have to cope with this disgrace discreetly -- Grandma Ruth
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....there is a difference between hearing and listening. You can't always help what you hear. But you can control what holds your interest, what you choose to dwell on.
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I guess Smart Seth is glad, he said reluctantly. But be careful. Idiot Seth is the guy to watch out for.
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Excruciating agony makes me cranky.
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You’re free to dream however you wish,” Nollin teased. “But don’t ask the rest of us to share your unrealistic—” “Then don’t ask us to share your weakness!” Jason interrupted.
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A crossbow?” Pigeon asked. I left my battle-ax in my other jeans,” the man said.
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She (Rachel) pulled away and looked into his eyes. Don't give up. There goes my plan. I'm serious. Even if things look bad, find a way to win. Find it. You too, Jason urged. Within reason. Don't try some huge Edomic command and blow yourself to pieces. There goes my plan. You stole my line.
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We all posses different gifts and abilities. How we use those gifts determines who we are.
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Whatever you do, Seth said around a chewy mouthful, try not to leave me down here too long. You can only play a certain amount of Yahtzee games in a row before you become a lunatic. I'll keep that in mind.
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Yes, we have different viewpoints represented among us, she continued. Yes, we have a displacer in our number, and a half giant, and a seedman who publicly disgraced us. She's talking about you, Drake muttered to Nollin, loud enough to draw a laugh. No, Drake, I'm talking about you, Farfalee corrected.
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This surpassed the fear of death. Death would be a mercy if it would make the feeling stop, the uncontrollable panic mingling with the mind-scrambling certainty of something sinister approaching, something with no need to hurry, something that would not be so kind as to let him die. The fear was palpable, suffocating, irresistible.
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I blush to think of her beholding my work, Verl confessed. So do we, Newel assured him.
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My dad says people who insist that youtrust them usually don't deserve it.
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Then I'm going? Kendra asked. The adults in the room exchanged tacit glances before nodding. Then we only have one more problem left to discuss, Seth said. Everyone turned to him. How do I get invited
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Say no to death pies. Another good motto.
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If we might be able to save this world, how can we walk away? Too many people around here have given up! Galloran said heroes sacrifice for causes they do things that others hide from. I may not be some great hero, but I won’t hide from this. I would never live with myself.
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