How you're still always trapped. How your head is the cave, your eyes …

Chuck Palahniuk
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How you're still always trapped. How your head is the cave, your eyes the cave mouth. How you live inside your head and only see what you want. How you only watch the shadows and make up your own meaning.
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you ever been trapped in a world where you're everyone's worst nightmare?
Because nothing is as good as you can imagine it. No one is as beautiful as she is in your head. Nothing is as exciting as your fantasy. ✨ Chuck Palahniuk (2001). Choke: A Novel, Anchor Books
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How you're still always trapped. How your head is the cave, your eyes the cave mouth. How you live inside your head and only see what you want. How you only watch the shadows and make up your own meaning.

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