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The greatest weapon any warrior can carry into battle is absolute certainty of her eternal soul.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
Essayist
Journalist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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Where we're standing right now, in the ruins in the dark, what we build could be anything.
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We went sailing one time, and he wore a Speedo, and any smart woman should know that means bisexual at least.
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I'm a toxic waste byproduct of God's creation.
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Every high school has its Romeo and Juliet, one tragic couple. So does every generation.
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That quest for something pretty. A cheat. A cliche. Flowers and Christmas lights, it's what we're programmed to love.
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We all want to explain ourselves. Nobody wants to be forgotten.
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To hell with housework, our top priority has always been between our legs.
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At That Moment, it seemed the whole world cared what happened to him. All those people were hugging him and petting his hair. Everybody asked if he was okay. It seemed that moment would last forever. That you had to risk your life to get love. You had to get right to the edge of death to ever be saved.
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