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...nothing in the world is harder than convincing someone of an unfamiliar truth.

Patrick Rothfuss

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Truth
Nothing
World
Unfamiliar
Convincing
Harder
Someone

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