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Do you know what punishments I've endured for my crimes, my sins? None. I am proof of the absurdity of men's most treasured abstractions. A just universe wouldn't tolerate my existence.

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Brent Weeks
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: March 7
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It had better be. It doesn't do much when it's soft.
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one doesn't interrupt a beautiful girl unless one is going to be funny.
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