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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
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Independence
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Meaningless
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Nay, but prithee, with sprinkles 'pon it instead, I said solemnly, and frosting of white.
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We are not going to die. Butters stared up at me, pale, his eyes terrified. We're not? No. And do you know why? He shook his head. Because Thomas is too pretty to die. And because I'm too stubborn to die. I hauled on the shirt even harder. And most of all because tomorrow is Oktoberfest, Butters, and polka will never die.
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