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After a good-looking boy gives you rabies two, three times, you'll settle down and marry somebody less exciting for the rest of your life

Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
Essayist
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Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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