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I checked my gear, my pockets, my shoelaces, and realized that I had crossed the line between making sure I was ready and trying to postpone the inevitable.

Jim Butcher

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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
Actor
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Independence
Missouri
Sure
Gears
Making
Crossed
Trying
Pockets
Inevitable
Realized
Shoelaces
Line
Postpone
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Checked
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