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...it is better to have a mouthful of poison than a secret of the heart.

Patrick Rothfuss

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
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Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Heart
Mouthful
Poison
Secret
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