We have pain and hate and love and joy and war in the world because we want them. - Chuck Palahniuk - Quotesmemo.com

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At one point I took on a new job, and I just didn't have time to do anything but work.

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Chuck Palahniuk

We have pain and hate and love and joy and war in the world because we want them.

Hate, Joy, Pain, War

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Your past is just a story. And once you realize this it has no power over you.

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I always really curious to see how people interpret things. I know my version, and I'm kind of bored with my version so I want to see their version.

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The photographer in my head says: Give me peace. Flash. Give me release. Flash.

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Let's all embrace someone near us. Pick someone special to you. Tell this someone how you feel.

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The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend.

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It's not that there is no such thing as truth. But we come to like and trust a certain story, not because it's necessarily the most absolutely truthful, but because it's a thing that we tell ourselves that makes sense of the world, at least at this moment.

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