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I don't feel beholden to follow the real world at all. The important thing is to know WHY things turned out the way they did. You need to understand the reasons for events, or at least be able to make reasonable guesses about them.

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
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