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Truth is a troublesome motherfucker unless it's handled properly
Patrick Rothfuss
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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
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Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Unless
Truth
Motherfucker
Handled
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