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I write because it's a way of presenting something without having to be there.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Pasco
Washington
Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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Write
Without
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With insomnia, you're never really awake but you're never really asleep.
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Rant Casey used to say, No matter what happens, it's always now... Talk about cryptic. I think what Rant meant was, we live in the present moment of reality, and no matter what's come before, no matter how much we loved a person or a dog, when it attacks us we'll react to that moment of danger.
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Think of spoiled cat food and ulcerated cankers and expired donor organs. That's how beautiful she looks.
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What you have to consider is the possibility that God doesn't like you. Could be, God hates us. This is not the worst thing that could happen.
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At this rate, we'll never get to the future.
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Anything pretty,' Claire will tell you, 'it's only for sale because no one wants it.
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No matter how much you think you love somebody, you'll step back when the pool of their blood edges up too close.
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It’s weird to think the place where we’re standing will only be a point in the sky.
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Just let yourself be broken and humiliated. Just your whole life, keep telling people, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
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Until you find something to fight for, you settle for something to fight against.
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There's no escaping fate, it just keeps going. Day and night, the future just keeps coming at you.
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