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“I let go. Lost in oblivion. Dark and silent and complete. I found freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.”

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Chuck Palahniuk is a renowned American novelist known for his distinctive narrative style and profound psychological portrayals. His works often delve into the dark side of human nature and the absurdity of society, with notable titles including 'Fight Club' and 'Choke'. more

“We knew so little about eachother. We lay mostly submerged, like ice floes with our visible social selves projecting only cool and white. Here was a rare sight below the waves, of a man's privacy and turmoil, of his dignity upended by the overpowering necessity of pure fantasy, pure thought, by the irreducible human element - Mind.”

Men Mind Humans Littles Self Social White Fantasy Pure Elements Dignity Sight Lays Wave Ice Visible Privacy Turmoil Submerged Overpowering

Author:Ian Mcewan

“I wanted to be like my father, who was a cattle man and a rodeo roper. And that was - he was my hero, and I wanted to be more like him.”

Men Wanted Father Hero Cattle My Hero Rodeo

Author:Dave Brubeck

“The men who were well enough to stand had moved across the carriage to cheer the Italians as they went past. A crutch waved out of the window; bandaged forearms made the Red Salute. It was like an allegorical picture of war; the trainload of fresh men gliding proudly up the line, the maimed men sliding slowly down, and all the while the guns on the open trucks making one's heart leap as guns always do, and reviving that pernicious feeling, so difficult to get rid of, that war *is* glorious after all.”

Source: Homage to Catalonia / Down and Out in Paris and London

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

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