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All the effort in the world won't matter if you're not inspired.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Pasco
Washington
Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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I am the cause of all my upsets. I am my worst enemy.
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I am nothing, and not even that.
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The damaged love the damaged. True fact.
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So here I am. This is as good as it gets. Take it or leave it.
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Fathers. Mothers. With all their caring and attention. They will fuck you up, every time.
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You grow up to become living proof of your parents' limitations. Their less-than masterpiece.
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