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The good thing about working on the books for 14 years before they hit the shelves is that I worked out most of the kinks long before they were published.

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
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Patrick James Rothfuss
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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.
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He then proceeded to shout at Alpha and Beta, a sign that he was in a genuine good mood. They took it as calmly as ever, in spite of the fact that he accused them of things I'm sure no donkey has ever willingly done, especially not Beta, who possessed impeccable moral character.
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Congratulations. That was the stupidest thing I've ever seen. Ever.
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You are an educated man. You know there are no such things as demons. Bast smiled a terrible smile. There is only my kind. Bast leaned closer still, Chronicler smelled flowers on his breath. You are not wise enough to fear me as I should be feared. You do not know the first note of the music that moves me.
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I can sell anything to anyone. That is actually my superpower. I am really good at negotiating and persuading.
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I always read. You know how sharks have to keep swimming or they die? I’m like that. If I stop reading, I die.
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Old Cob tucked away his bowl of stew with the predatory efficency of a lifetime bachelor.
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That was another lesson I had learned perhaps too well: people meant pain.
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