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This isn't about love as in caring. This is about property as in ownership.

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
Property
Love
Ownership
Caring

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I let go. Lost in oblivion. Dark and silent and complete. I found freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.
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