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For me chivalry isn't dead it's an involuntary reflex.

Jim Butcher

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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
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Science Fiction Writer
Independence
Missouri
Reflex
Reflexes
Chivalry
Involuntary
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