The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfe…

Chuck Palahniuk
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The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because it's only intangibles, ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well, they die. ✨ Chuck Palahniuk (2001). Choke: A Novel, Anchor Books
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