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This reads as a complaint about how language has lost moral weight. It suggests that promises and pledges have become too easy to make and too easy to break, so words no longer carry the trust they should. It lands in a situation where someone is tired of empty assurances and wants speech to mean commitment again.
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About Chuck Palahniuk
American novelist
Chuck Palahniuk is an American novelist. He writes what he describes as transgressive fiction, and he has 476 quotes on the site. He has published 19 novels, along with three nonfiction books, two graphic novels, two adult coloring books, and several short stories. His first published novel, Fight Club, was later adapted into a film of the same title.
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Books by Chuck Palahniuk
Fight Club
1996
Diary
2003
Rant
2007
Snuff
2008
Lullaby
2002