There's no way you can get the past right. You can pretend. You can de…

Chuck Palahniuk
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There's no way you can get the past right. You can pretend. You can delude yourself, but you can't re-create what's over. ✨ Chuck Palahniuk (2011). Choke, p.273, Random House
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