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Don't do this. I love you. Don't shut me out.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
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Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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You have to give up! you have to give up! You have to realize that someday you will die, Until you know that, you are useless!
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