“‘Really, sir,’ the arcanist said, appalled. ‘It is every man’s job to improve himself. A man without the benefits of education is hardly more than an animal.’”

— Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

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he wanted to be a writer

He wanted to be a writer, a photographer, a police officer, a carpenter, an electric engineer, an actor, a director, a doctor, a stunt double, a pilot, a lawyer, a journalist, a politician.

He wanted to be many things.

But all he needed was a pure chance, even a glimpse of luck — like a random acquaintance with a stranger on the street, to hint at what would potentially turn into a successful career — at one of them

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