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There are two sure ways to lose a friend, one is to borrow, the other to lend.

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
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Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
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Sure
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Lend
Borrow
Friend
Lose
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