Torture is torture and humiliation is humiliation only when you choose…

Chuck Palahniuk
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Torture is torture and humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer. ✨ Chuck Palahniuk (2001). Choke: A Novel, Anchor Books
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Torture is torture and humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer. ✨ Chuck Palahniuk (2001). Choke: A Novel, Anchor Books

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