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I've waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are.
Patrick Rothfuss
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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
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Patrick James Rothfuss
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“I will admit, I've never had a student offer himself up for a vicious beating in order to prove he's worth my time.” “This was nothing... Once I jumped off a roof.”
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I can't give you the moon,” the tinker said. “She doesn't belong to me. She belongs only to herself.
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