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If you are going to impose your will on the world, you must have control over what you believe.

Patrick Rothfuss

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
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Over his own dark Cealdish beard. Nothing like your marvelous facebear.
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