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You lack the requisite spine and testicular fortitude to study under me.

Patrick Rothfuss

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Spine
Lack
Study
Testicular
Requisite
Fortitude

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