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A thing of nature. For every Push, there is a Pull. A consequence.

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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Lincoln
Nebraska
Pull
Push
Consequence
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