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Everyone thinks their whole life should be at least as much fun as masturbation.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
Essayist
Journalist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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The greatest weapon any warrior can carry into battle is absolute certainty of her eternal soul.
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It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.
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Somehow people have been sold on the idea that only professionals can entertain them, that only professionals can sing or tell jokes. And people are cut out of this creativity loop, and creativity is being limited to these large, centralized voices.
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Just each of us being me, me, me first. The murderer, the victim, the witness each of us thinks our role is the lead. Probably that goes for anybody in the world.
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Anybody's true nature is bullshit. There is no human soul. Emotion is bullshit. Love is bullshit.
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If you start in the pit of despair with these profane, awful things, even a glimmer of hope or awareness is going to occur that's much brighter coming from this dark, awful beginning.
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More than one side? You're Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Jackass!
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How you're still always trapped. How your head is the cave, your eyes the cave mouth. How you live inside your head and only see what you want. How you only watch the shadows and make up your own meaning.
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Skinny guys fight till they're burger.
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