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In the end, I worry that my arrogance shall destroy us all.

Brandon Sanderson

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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Lincoln
Nebraska
Destroy
Worry
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Arrogance

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