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You will not find it in the words of poets or the longing eyes of sailors. If you want to know of love, look to a trouper's hands as he makes his music. A trouper knows.

You will not find it in the words of poets or the longing eyes of sailors. If you want to know of love, look to a trouper's hands as he makes his music. A trouper knows.

Approximate author period: c. 1973 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Patrick Rothfuss
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1973 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1973; activity date not established; Wikidata Q514546, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514546 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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