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I can't give you the moon,” the tinker said. “She doesn't belong to me. She belongs only to herself.

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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