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Just handle the books gently and you’ll get along fine.

Patrick Rothfuss

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Gently
Handle
Along
Fine
Books
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I loved college. I wish I was still taking classes instead of teaching them.
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Nobody cooks using just one ingredient. Why would you write using just one flavor of story?
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There is some conflict between religion and science in my world, but that's nothing new. Science, at its root, is a rational discipline. Religion, on the other hand, is fundamentally trans-rational. Both of them attempt to solve problems, but since their methodology is vastly different, they can't help but come into conflict.
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Music sounds different to the one who plays it. It is the musician's curse.
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You are not wise enough to fear me as I should be feared.
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