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Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
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Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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Tyler's words coming out of my mouth. I used to be such a nice person.
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I was tired and crazy and rushed, and every time I boarded a plane, I wanted the plane to crash. I envied people dying of cancer. I hated my life. I was tired and bored with my job and my furniture, and I couldn’t see any way to change things. Only end them.
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This wasn't any mere song and dance here was a bold, blaring declaration howling itself into the empty face of death.
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I hate how I don't feel real enough unless people are watching.
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There are the most fantastic, beautiful things and people out there. It’s up to you to find them.
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Imagine how you’d feel if your whole life turned into a job you couldn’t stand.
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You can't be beautiful, Brandy says about a thousand times, until you feel beautiful.
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If Marilyn Monroe was alive right now, what would she be doing?' Clawing at the roof of her coffin.
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It's easy to cry when you realize that everyone you love will reject you or die.
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My inventory of people who can save me is down to just me.
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Torture is torture and humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer.
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I wanted to destroy everything beautiful I'd never have.
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The cancer I don't have is everywhere now.
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Nothing feels as awful as pouring your heart out to some talk therapist, then realizing this so-called professional is actually vastly stupid and you've just professed your most secret secrets to some goon who's wearing one brown sock and one blue sock.
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Don't write about your most emotionally charged moment as a learning thing.
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Yes, terrible things happen, but sometimes those terrible things - they save you.
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So here I am. This is as good as it gets. Take it or leave it.
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The greatest weapon any warrior can carry into battle is absolute certainty of her eternal soul.
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We thought all this teaching was to make us smart. What it did was make us stupid. With all the little facts we learned, we never had the time to think.
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The whole world is a disaster waiting to happen.
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