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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
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Borrow
Friend
Lose
Loses
Ways
Sure
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Lend

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