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Only in death will we have our own names since only in death are we no longer part of the effort. In death we become heroes.
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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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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Control the things you can control. As for the rest - God bless it all.
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I would pay snakes to bite her.
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The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because it's only intangibles, ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well, they die.
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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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Everyone's in their own personal coma.
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My point is, that if I'm honest, my life is all about me.
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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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