“You want to be a better person? Go listen to someone you disagree with. don't argue with them just. It's remarkable what interesting things people will say if you take the time to not be a jerk.”

— Brandon Sanderson, book Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia

Source: Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia

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American fantasy writer 1975

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