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I loved college. I wish I was still taking classes instead of teaching them.

Patrick Rothfuss

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Wish
Stills
Classes
Still
Teaching
Taking
Instead
College
Loved
Class

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