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I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be yourself.

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
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Always
Things
Moonless
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Dark
Night

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