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Chuck Palahniuk

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The Literature Page People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown. Chuck PalahniukWhich is worse: Hell or nothing? Chuck PalahniukSomeone bent on suicide won't have much sense of humor left. Chuck Palahniuk, "Survivor"Masochism is a valuable job skill. Chuck Palahniuk, ChokeA minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection. Chuck Palahniuk, Fight ClubBeing tired isn't the same as being rich, but most times it's close enough. Chuck Palahniuk, Fight ClubIf you could be God's worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose? Chuck Palahniuk, Fight ClubIt's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything. Chuck Palahniuk, Fight ClubThis is why I loved the support groups so much. If people thought you were dying, they gave you their full attention. If this might be the last time they saw you, they really saw you. People listened instead of just waiting for their turn to speak. And when they spoke, they weren't telling you a story. When the two of you talked, you were building something, and afterward you were both different than before. Chuck Palahniuk, Fight ClubWe just had a near-life experience! Chuck Palahniuk, Fight ClubWe're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. Chuck Palahniuk, Fight ClubNo fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide. Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, 1996On a long enough timeline. The survival rate for everyone drops to zero. Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, 1996The things you own end up owning you. Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, 1996With a gun stuck in your mouth and the barrel of the gun between your teeth, you can only talk in vowels. Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, 1996When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves. Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible MonstersAll God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring. Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, 1999 Don't do what you want. Do what you don't want. Do what you're trained not to want. Do the things that scare you the most. Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, 1999Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education. Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, 1999Hysteria is only possible with an audience. Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, 1999It happens fast for some people and slow for some, accidents or gravity, but we all end up mutilated. Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, 1999It's not living alone if you keep a rifle under the bed. Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, 1999Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everybody I've ever known. Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, 1999On game shows, some people will take the trip to France, but most people will take the washer dryer pair. Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, 1999People are all over the world telling their one dramatic story and how their life has turned into getting over this one event. Now their lives are more about the past than their future. Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, 1999The best way is not to fight it, just go. Don't be trying all the time to fix things. What you run from only stays with you longer. When you fight something, you only make it stronger. Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, 1999The idea that I can't share my problems with other people makes me not give a shit about their problems. Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, 1999The most boring thing in the entire world is nudity. The second most boring thing is honesty. Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, 1999The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person. Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, 1999The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend. Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, 1999
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