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The number 1 thing that I don't want to see in a story is when characters exist simply to be proven wrong.
Brandon Sanderson
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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
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Have you finally grown so jealous of my impeccable fashion sense that you've decided to have me disposed of?
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I'm Teoish, Sarene said, successfully spearing something that looked like a marinated piece of shrimp. We're all this tall. Father's Teoish too, Kaise, Daorn said. And you know how tall he is. But father's fat, Kaise pointed out. Why aren't you fat too, Sarene?
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You're wonderful. So full of life and excitement. The priests and servants of the palace, they wear colors, but there's no color inside of them. They just go about their duties, eyes down, solemn. You've got color on the inside, so much of it that it bursts out and colors everything around you.
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