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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
Hold
Maybe
Secret
Lying
Desire

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