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If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Writer
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Washington
Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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Here in your mind you have complete privacy. Here there's no difference between what is and what could be.
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A writer’s job is to cultivate what can go wrong.
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