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Our purest form of joy comes when people we envy get hurt. That most genuine form of joy.

Chuck Palahniuk

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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
Genuine
Joy
Hurt
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People
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Envy

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