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I hate how I don't feel real enough unless people are watching.
Chuck Palahniuk
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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
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Pasco
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Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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I see so many tattoos of my stuff on people - tattoos of my book covers, tattoos of quotes . . . it's kind of daunting sometimes.
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How I feel is cheap and used, dirty and humiliated. Dirty and tricked and thrown away.
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Because nothing is as good as you can imagine it. No one is as beautiful as she is in your head. Nothing is as exciting as your fantasy.
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You only ask people about themselves so you can tell them about yourself.
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Anybody's true nature is bullshit. There is no human soul. Emotion is bullshit. Love is bullshit.
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I wanted to destroy everything beautiful I'd never have.
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Not everything is about money. You didn't even say, hello. You are not your sad little wallet.
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It's because we're so trapped in our culture, in the being of being human on this planet with the brains we have, and the same two arms and legs everybody has. We're so trapped that any way we could imagine to escape would be just another part of the trap. Anything we want, we're trained to want.
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She drank a glass of wine and looked for something new to ruin with her lack of talent.
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You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it's just teeth.
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Honest is how I want to look. The truth doesn't glitter and shine.
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The gyms you go to are crowded with guys trying to look like men, as if being a man means looking the way a sculptor or an art director says.
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