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I can't count the men who have tried to seduce me away from my virtue by teaching me how to defend it.

Patrick Rothfuss

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Men
Seduce
Seducing
Defend
Count
Tried
Teaching
Virtue
Away

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You are not wise enough to fear me as I should be feared.
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