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My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it.
Patrick Rothfuss
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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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Remember this son, if you forget everything else. A poet is a musician who can't sing. Words have to find a man's mind before they can touch his heart. And, some men's minds are woeful small targets. Music touches their hearts directly, no matter how small or stubborn the mind of the man who listens.
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Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason.
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She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her mood. As if she were important.
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