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I think given the choice between loving Mare - betrayal included - and never knowing her, I'd chose love. I risked, and I lost, but the risk was still worth it.

Brandon Sanderson

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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Lincoln
Nebraska
Betrayal
Lost
Chose
Given
Loving
Stills
Choice
Still
Worth
Mare
Never
Risk
Mares
Love
Choices
Risked
Think
Included
Thinking
Knowing

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