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Some people are just born human, the rest of us, we take a lifetime to get there.

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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Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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It's my petty fear of personal rejection that allows so many true evils to exist. My cowardice enables atrocities.
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Every character sees the world through a framework of education and experience that they're proud experts about. To write a character, find out what they know best, and THEN you'll know how they'll describe a hot day. Or a pretty girl.
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Until you find something to fight for, you settle for something to fight against.
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Hey, even the Mona Lisa is falling apart.
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Funerals are all abstract ceremony.
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Every woman is just a different kind of problem.
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It's because we're so trapped in our culture, in the being of being human on this planet with the brains we have, and the same two arms and legs everybody has. We're so trapped that any way we could imagine to escape would be just another part of the trap. Anything we want, we're trained to want.
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Because after you've crossed some lines, you just keep crossing them. And there's no escaping from constant escape. Distracting ourselves. Avoiding confrontation. Getting past the moment. Jacking off. Television. Denial.
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