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In light this bright, after so long in the dark, everything we can see is only black and white. Only glaring shape-outlines we have to blink against.

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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
Light
Outlines
Everything
Blink
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Shapes
Dark
White
Black
Glaring

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