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You soon learn there’s no elegance or dignity in death if you spend time in the castle kitchens. You learn how ugly it is, and how good it tastes.

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Mark Lawrence
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 28
Author
Novelist
the United States of America
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Kitchens
Spend
Castle
Taste
Castles
Learn
Tastes
Death
Elegance
Good
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Time
Ugly
Dignity

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