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I have no balance. My life is a hot mess.

Patrick Rothfuss

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Hot
Mess
Balance
Life

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A troublesome question? Those tend to be the only whorthwhile kind.
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