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 by Chuck Palahniuk, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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