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On the other side of the handrail, the hallway's gray marble floor looks as if we've climbed a stairway through the clouds.
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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