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Everything is funnier in retrospect, funnier and prettier and cooler. You can laugh at anything from far enough away.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
Essayist
Journalist
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Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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I wanted to destroy everything beautiful I'd never have.
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you ever been trapped in a world where you're everyone's worst nightmare?
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