# Quote — Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

> What you have to love about drinking is, every swallow is an irrevocable decision. You charging ahead, in control of the game. It's the same with pills, sedatives and painkillers, every swallow is a first definite step down some road.

- 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/what-you-have

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> If there's a trick to doing a job you hate... Mrs. Clark says it's to find a job you hate even more.

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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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