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I don't know about your true form, but the weight of your ego sure is pushing the crust of the earth toward the breaking point.

Jim Butcher

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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
Actor
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Independence
Missouri
Earth
Pushing
Ego
Weight
Toward
Sure
Point
Crust
True
Dresden
Form
Breaking

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