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That is like throwing two virgins into a bed. Enthusiasm, passion, and ignorance are not a good combination. Someone is likely to get hurt.

Patrick Rothfuss

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Passion
Virgins
Two
Throwing
Someone
Enthusiasm
Good
Combination
Like
Likely
Bed
Ignorance
Hurt

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