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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
Novelist
Writer
Montana
United States
Evil
Fears
Holes
Fill
Mysterious
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Stare
Empty
Depths
Dark
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Simple
Staring

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