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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
Enough
Thing
Shape
Long
Shapes
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Maybe
Secret
Lying
Desire

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A strange thing — nails will hold a building together, but there's nothing better for taking a man apart.
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A man can reach into anything and turn it to his cause. It's not want, or desire, just certainty. Only be assured that whatever you reach into will reach into you in turn.
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