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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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Ugly
Dignity
Soon
Kitchens
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Castle
Taste
Castles
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Tastes
Death
Elegance
Good
Kitchen

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