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Evil is simple and empty. Evil has no mysterious depths. We stare into a dark hole and fill it with our fears, but it is only a hole.

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Brent Weeks
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: March 7
Author
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Montana
United States
Mysterious
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Stare
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