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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
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Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
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I'm honestly not a big fan of pitching things. I'm a firm believer of letting the product speak for iteself.
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Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.
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Music sounds different to the one who plays it. It is the musician's curse.
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It is quite a thing. There are so many men, all endlessly trying to sweep me off my feet. And there is one of you, trying just the opposite. Making sure my feet are firm beneath me lest I fall.
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Just pity him, my boy. Tomorrow we'll be on our way, but he'll have to keep his own disagreeable company until the day he dies.
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Just handle the books gently and you’ll get along fine.
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