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Here in your mind you have complete privacy. Here there's no difference between what is and what could be.
Chuck Palahniuk
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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
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Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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If you died right now, how would you feel about your life?
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According to Plato, we don't learn anything. Our soul has lived so many lives that we know everything. Teachers and education can only remind us of what we already know.
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Demon or angel or evil spirit, I just need something to show itself. Ghoulie or ghosty or long-legged beastie, I just want my hand held.
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You can kill a lifetime without feeling anything but skin.
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You have to give up! you have to give up! You have to realize that someday you will die, Until you know that, you are useless!
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The truth is you can be orphaned again and again and again. The truth is, you will be. And the secret is, this will hurt less and less each time until you can't feel a thing. Trust me on this.
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