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The cost of a loaf is a simple thing, and so a loaf is often sought, but some things are past valuing: laughter, land, and love are never bought.

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Love
Cost
Land
Simple
Often
Valuing
Past
Loaf
Thing
Sought
Things
Bought
Never
Laughter

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