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Dude, the place is filling up, I say. It feels like we're living in the bottom half of an hourglass. Like somehow we're running out of time.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Pasco
Washington
Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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