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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Lives
Comforting
Stories
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Shape
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Fiction

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