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I'm not really into comfort books. there are too many of those as it is. just sort of narcotic books, like my grandmother used to read. they have value like paxil has value, but there's plenty of them in the world already. there's a shortage of confronting, stimulating, exciting books.
-Chuck Palahniuk
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I'm Not Really Into Comfort Books. There

Chuck Palahniuk
I'm not really into comfort books. there are too many of those as it is. just sort of narcotic books, like my grandmother used to read. they have value like paxil has value, but there's plenty of them in the world already. there's a shortage of confronting, stimulating, exciting books.
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