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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.

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

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