This is fish number six hundred and forty-one in a lifetime of a goldfish. My parents bought me the first one… — Chuck Palahniuk
This is fish number six hundred and forty-one in a lifetime of a goldfish. My parents bought me the first one to teach me about loving and caring for another living breathing creature of God. Six hundred and forty fish later, the only thing I know is everything you love will die. The first time you meet that someone special, you can count on them one day being dead and in the ground.
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