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I would hit you on the head with a rock and drag you away from this. But it would only shatter the rock.

Jim Butcher

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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
Actor
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Independence
Missouri
Rock
Rocks
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