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I always read. You know how sharks have to keep swimming or they die? I’m like that. If I stop reading, I die.
Patrick Rothfuss
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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
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Patrick James Rothfuss
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Good lord woman. If i had tits like yours I'd own half the world by now.
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Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.
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I can sell anything to anyone. That is actually my superpower. I am really good at negotiating and persuading.
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