# Quote — Chuck Palahniuk, Choke

> We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heros or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves.

- Author: [Chuck Palahniuk](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk.md)
- Book: [Choke](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk/choke.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Choke_(novel)#Quotes) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk/choke/we-can-spend-our

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> A good addiction takes the guesswork out of death.

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> Nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it.

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> The magic of sexual addiction is you don't ever feel hungry or tired or bored or lonely.

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