Philosophical
Are any of your ideas actually yours?
Your sense of humor? Borrowed from a friend in high school. The way you argue? Picked up from a parent. That phrase you always say? Someone else's words living in your mouth.
Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.— Chuck Palahniuk
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The thinker
Novelist & Cultural Provocateur
Chuck Palahniuk is the author of Fight Club and other novels that dissect identity, consumerism, and the stories people tell themselves.
Based on Invisible Monsters | Chuck Palahniuk | W. W. Norton, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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