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You will find that hate can unify people more quickly and more fervently than devotion ever could.

Brandon Sanderson

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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Lincoln
Nebraska
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Ever
People
Fervently
Unify
Devotion
Quickly
Hate

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