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My books are more about people experimenting with different identities and social models in a short-term way before they can break through to something authentic.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
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Here in your mind you have complete privacy. Here there's no difference between what is and what could be.
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Life is short, death is forever
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No, it's not fair, but what makes Earth feel like Hell is our expectation that it should feel like Heaven. Earth is earth. Dead is dead. You'll find out for yourself soon enough. It won't help the situation for you to get all upset.
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Listen up. Rant would tell people: ‘You’re a different human being to everybody you meet.’ Sometimes Rant said, ‘You only ever is in the eyes of other folks.’ If you were going to carve a quote on his grave, his favorite saying was: ‘The future you have tomorrow won’t be the same future you had yesterday.
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In truth, the degree of anyone's success depends on how often they can say the word yes and hear the word no.
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The first step to eternal life is you have to die.
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I don't want to die without a few scars.
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Demons are former celebrities who prey on their own insecurities.
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If I can't be beautiful, I want to be invisible.
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