# Quote — Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

> That's how a scary story works. It echoes some ancient fear. It recreates some forgotten terror. Something we'd like to think we're grown beyond. But it can still scare us to tears. It's something you'd hoped was healed.

- Author: [Chuck Palahniuk](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk.md)
- Book: [Haunted](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk/haunted.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chuck_Palahniuk#Haunted_(2005)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk/haunted/thats-how-a-scary

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> A book is as private and consensual as sex.

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> That's the American Dream: to make your life into something you can sell.

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