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Sometimes, son, my father said, prying my fingers free, you have to help the heroes along.

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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Lincoln
Nebraska
Sometimes
Fingers
Son
Hero
Along
Help
Free
Father
Prying
Helping
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