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When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.

Patrick Rothfuss

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Grows
Innocence
Future
Aging
Free
Leaves
Fretting
Enjoy
Adults
Fret
Children
Childhood
Day
Think
Behinds
Carefree
Thinking
Behind
Adulthood
Leave
Seldom

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