You realize that people take drugs because it's the only real personal…

Chuck Palahniuk
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You realize that people take drugs because it's the only real personal adventure left to them in their time-constrained, law-and-order, property-lined world. It's only in drugs or death we'll see anything new, and death is just too controlling. ✨ Chuck Palahniuk (1999). Survivor: A Novel, Anchor
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