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This is going to take a while. I'm a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity.
Brandon Sanderson
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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
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Vin snorted, kneeling in the low tent as she pulled her belt tight then she crawled over to him. I don't know how you read while riding, she said. Oh, it's quite easy - if you aren't afraid of horses. I'm not afraid of them, Vin said. They just don't like me. They know I can outrun them, and that makes them surly.
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In the end, I worry that my arrogance shall destroy us all.
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You're a mean old man, Your Grace. And that is the way it should be. Roial informed. Mean young men are trivial, and kindly old men boring. Here, let me get us something to drink.
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It sounds to me, young one, Haddek said, that you are searching for something that cannot be found. The truth? Sazed said. No, Haddek replied. A religion that requires no faith of its believers.
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