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For me the really cool parts of being an author don't have anything to do with getting onto a bestseller list.
Patrick Rothfuss
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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
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Patrick James Rothfuss
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Good lord woman. If i had tits like yours I'd own half the world by now.
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I don't really have a lot of expensive tastes. What else am I really going to do with my money? Buy a little red sports car? Wear a lot of jewelry? Build a castle? Well... I might do the last one. Maybe. Eventually. But that doesn't mean I can't run Worldbuilders too.
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I'm pretty good at putting up drywall and I'm an excellent kisser. That's pretty much all of my skills right there.
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