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There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or more . . . secure.

Jim Butcher

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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
Actor
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Independence
Missouri
Insane
Secure
Happy
Family
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Nothing
Exasperated
Dresden

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