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The distinction between good and evil is meaningless if one does not have the freedom to choose between them.

Jim Butcher

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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
Actor
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Independence
Missouri
Evil
Doe
Good
Meaningless
Distinction
Choose
Freedom

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