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Hold to a thing long enough, a secret, a desire, maybe a lie, and it will shape you.

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Mark Lawrence
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 28
Author
Novelist
the United States of America
Secret
Lying
Desire
Enough
Thing
Shape
Long
Shapes
Hold
Maybe

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Questions for questions. You're a man who's spent time at court.
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If the sins of the flesh ever got old I didn't ever want enough years on me to know it.
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I maintain a balanced view of the world, but that balance is always in my favour.
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I may be running out of options, but running out isn't an option.
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