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If I should die,” Dalinar said, “then I would do so having lived my life right. It is not the destination that matters, but how one arrives there.” “The Codes?” “No. The Way of Kings.” “That storming book.
Brandon Sanderson
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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
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