In all probability the Human Genome Project will, someday, find that I…

Chuck Palahniuk
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In all probability the Human Genome Project will, someday, find that I carry some recessive gene for optimism, because despite all my best efforts I still can't scrape together even a couple days of hopelessness. Future scientists will call it the Pollyanna Syndrome, and if forced to guess, I'd say that mine has been a way-long case history of chasing rainbows. ✨ Damned. Book by Chuck Palahniuk, 2011.
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