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It's easy to make up weird stuff. It gets trickier when you want the weird stuff to be interesting and make sense.

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Brandon Mull
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: November 8
Novelist
Writer
Utah
United States
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Weird
Gets
Interesting
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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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...even misplaced faith can help us gain knowledge. We try to be smart about where we put our faith and we adjust as we learn more.
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In his writings, Patton was shameless about his ambition to woo Lena to be his bride. He detailed the gradual progress he made, playing music for her on his violin, writing her poems, beguiling her with stories, engaging her in conversation. It was clear that he obsessed over her. He knew what he wanted and never relented until she was his.
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He's stubborn, Tux warned in a singsong tone. Stay out of this, Mark spat. And touchy, Tux added.
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What you call idiot points, I call awesome dollars. ~Seth
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...Why are all these masks winking? Jason pointed around the room with his fork. The loremaster dabbed at his mouth with a frilled purple napkin. One eye is open to all truth, the other closed to all deception.
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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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Do us all a favor and toss your mouth overboard.
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