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A good story should change the way you see the world.
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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The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.
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Do you remember when you were 10 or 11 years old and you really thought your folks were the best? They were completely omniscient and you took their word for everything. And then you got older and you went through this hideous age when suddenly they were the devil, they were bullies, and they didn't know anything.
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You can’t fool people into loving you.
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Those who remember the past tend to get the story really screwed up.
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We've been speaking English as a second language so long that we've forgotten it as our first.
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You know how both life and porno movies end. The only difference is life starts with the orgasm.
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We just had a near-life experience!
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In the big factory of perfecting human souls, the Earth was kind of tumbler. The sale as the kind people use to polish rocks. All souls come here to rub the sharp edges off each other. This isn't suffering. It's erosion.
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After long enough, everyone in the world will be you enemy.
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Life is short, death is forever
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When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.
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Because tanning and steroids are only a problem if you plan to live a long time.
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