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Chuck Palahniuk quotes: There's still a thousand places I haven't gone to die.

There's still a thousand places I haven't gone to die.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Drugs or overeating or alcohol or sex, it was all just another way to find peace. To escape what we know. Our education. Our bite of the apple.

Drugs or overeating or alcohol or sex, it was all just another way to find peace. To escape what we know. Our education. Our bite of the apple.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Life's greatest comfort is being able to look over your shoulder and see people worse off, waiting in line behind you.

Life's greatest comfort is being able to look over your shoulder and see people worse off, waiting in line behind you.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: I'm a toxic waste byproduct of God's creation.

I'm a toxic waste byproduct of God's creation.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: The liberator who destroyed my property has realigned my perceptions.

The liberator who destroyed my property has realigned my perceptions.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: And I want Seth dead. Worse than dead, I want him fat and bloated with water and insecure and emotional.

And I want Seth dead. Worse than dead, I want him fat and bloated with water and insecure and emotional.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.

Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: You couldn't have small, dying children in a movie without really bringing everyone down, but you can in comics.

You couldn't have small, dying children in a movie without really bringing everyone down, but you can in comics.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: How could you let me love something that was going to die?

How could you let me love something that was going to die?

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: My favorite books to give or get are short story collections. And always paperbacks because they are easy to carry as you travel.

My favorite books to give or get are short story collections. And always paperbacks because they are easy to carry as you travel.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: I am Jack's smirking revenge.

I am Jack's smirking revenge.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Depending on her mood, Judy Garland can still be more frightening than any demon or devil you might run across.

Depending on her mood, Judy Garland can still be more frightening than any demon or devil you might run across.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Las Vegas looks the way you'd imagine heaven must look at night.

Las Vegas looks the way you'd imagine heaven must look at night.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: If we can prove an afterlife, then we have less pressure to make our physical life last forever.

If we can prove an afterlife, then we have less pressure to make our physical life last forever.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: My father used to call me 'bird bones' and, well, the name fits.

My father used to call me 'bird bones' and, well, the name fits.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: And maybe you don't go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go to hell for the things you don't do.

And maybe you don't go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go to hell for the things you don't do.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: My best work is not behind me! He yells, You know, nobody does a better split-reed standing anal with an on-demand hands-free pop-shot release.

My best work is not behind me! He yells, You know, nobody does a better split-reed standing anal with an on-demand hands-free pop-shot release.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Because I can't save anybody; not as a doctor, not as a son. And because I can't save anybody, I can't save myself.

Because I can't save anybody; not as a doctor, not as a son. And because I can't save anybody, I can't save myself.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Because nothing is as good as you can imagine it. No one is as beautiful as she is in your head. Nothing is as exciting as your fantasy.

Because nothing is as good as you can imagine it. No one is as beautiful as she is in your head. Nothing is as exciting as your fantasy.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Put a gun to my head and paint the wall with my brains.

Put a gun to my head and paint the wall with my brains.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Solitude is a natural place for a writer to be.

Solitude is a natural place for a writer to be.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: For six months I couldn't sleep. With insomnia, nothing's real. Everything is far away. Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy.

For six months I couldn't sleep. With insomnia, nothing's real. Everything is far away. Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: The truth is, Archer tells me, you stay in Hell until you forgive yourself. "You fucked up. Game over," he says, "so just relax.

The truth is, Archer tells me, you stay in Hell until you forgive yourself. "You fucked up. Game over," he says, "so just relax.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: We love drama. We love conflict. We need a devil or we'll create one. None of that is bad. It's just the way human beings operate.

We love drama. We love conflict. We need a devil or we'll create one.
None of that is bad. It's just the way human beings operate.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Nothing is static. Even the Mona Lisa is falling apart.

Nothing is static. Even the Mona Lisa is falling apart.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: My goal is to create a metaphor that changes our reality by charming people into considering their world in a different way.

My goal is to create a metaphor that changes our reality by charming people into considering their world in a different way.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: I might be a touch of a sadist and a little bit jejune ... but at least I'm not a victim, not any longer. I hope. I hope, therefore I

I might be a touch of a sadist and a little bit jejune ... but at least I'm not a victim, not any longer. I hope. I hope, therefore I am.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Some soap opera, you know, real people pretending to be fake people with made-up problems being watched by real people to forget their real problems.

Some soap opera, you know, real people pretending to be fake people with made-up problems being watched by real people to forget their real problems.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Recycling and speed limits are bullshit. They're like someone who quits smoking on his deathbed.

Recycling and speed limits are bullshit. They're like someone who quits smoking on his deathbed.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: it's why men marry women and why women have children.

it's why men marry women and why women have children.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Anytime my work can coax bodily fluids out of someone, I'm happy.

Anytime my work can coax bodily fluids out of someone, I'm happy.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: I suppose it's comfort, perhaps a sense of self-control, doing worse things to yourself than the world will ever dare inflict.

I suppose it's comfort, perhaps a sense of self-control, doing worse things to yourself than the world will ever dare inflict.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: At this rate, we'll never get to the future.

At this rate, we'll never get to the future.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Give me romance.Flash.Give me denial.

Give me romance.
Flash.
Give me denial.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Me, I'm a bloody tissue sample dried on a bare mattress in my room at the Paper Street Soap Company.

Me, I'm a bloody tissue sample dried on a bare mattress in my room at the Paper Street Soap Company.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: You can kill a lifetime without feeling anything but skin.

You can kill a lifetime without feeling anything but skin.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: We're so structured and micromanaged, this isn't a world anymore, it's a damn cruise ship.

We're so structured and micromanaged, this isn't a world anymore, it's a damn cruise ship.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Maybe it's just a daughter's job to piss off her mother.

Maybe it's just a daughter's job to piss off her mother.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Those who can forget the past are way ahead of the rest of us.

Those who can forget the past are way ahead of the rest of us.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: You gain power by pretending to be weak.

You gain power by pretending to be weak.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: I am the child of a lunatic. Not a child of God.

I am the child of a lunatic. Not a child of God.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: What I mean is sometimes, for an artist, chronic pain can be a gift.

What I mean is sometimes, for an artist, chronic pain can be a gift.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Our culture has made us all the same. No one is truly white or black or rich, anymore. We all want the same. Individually, we are nothing.

Our culture has made us all the same. No one is truly white or black or rich, anymore. We all want the same. Individually, we are nothing.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: The same as most prayers, the bulk of what you hear is complaints and demands. Help me. Hear me. Lead me. Forgive me.

The same as most prayers, the bulk of what you hear is complaints and demands. Help me. Hear me. Lead me. Forgive me.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: I am not loved. I am not a beautiful soul. I am not a good-natured, giving person. I am not anybody's savior.

I am not loved. I am not a beautiful soul. I am not a good-natured, giving person. I am not anybody's savior.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: People say I make up wild stories. But all I have to do is write down stuff that really happens.

People say I make up wild stories. But all I have to do is write down stuff that really happens.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: No medium is fragile if it carries the truth.

No medium is fragile if it carries the truth.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: I see the strongest and the smartest men who have ever lived ... and these men are pumping gas and waiting tables.

I see the strongest and the smartest men who have ever lived ... and these men are pumping gas and waiting tables.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: After you find out all the things that can go wrong, your life becomes less about living and more about waiting.

After you find out all the things that can go wrong, your life becomes less about living and more about waiting.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: ...actual happiness only happens by accident

...actual happiness only happens by accident

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: That if enough people looked at you, you'd never need anybody's attention ever again.

That if enough people looked at you, you'd never need anybody's attention ever again.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.

At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: If you don't believe what other people believe, then they'll accuse you of being nihilistic.

If you don't believe what other people believe, then they'll accuse you of being nihilistic.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: The only thing that makes earth feel like Hell, or Hell feel like Hell, is our expectation that it ought to feel like Heaven.

The only thing that makes earth feel like Hell, or Hell feel like Hell, is our expectation that it ought to feel like Heaven.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Give me anger.Flash.Give me vengeance.Flash.Give me total and complete justified retribution.Flash.

Give me anger.
Flash.
Give me vengeance.
Flash.
Give me total and complete justified retribution.
Flash.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: People don't practice their smiles nearly enough, so when they most need to look happy they're not fooling anyone.

People don't practice their smiles nearly enough, so when they most need to look happy they're not fooling anyone.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: In a world where billions believe their deity conceived a mortal child with a virgin human, it's stunning how little imagination most people display.

In a world where billions believe their deity conceived a mortal child with a virgin human, it's stunning how little imagination most people display.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Give me terror.Flash.Give me panic.Flash.

Give me terror.
Flash.
Give me panic.
Flash.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: If you wake up at a different time in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?

If you wake up at a different time in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. I am Jack's Broken Heart.

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. I am Jack's Broken Heart.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Heads together. I tell the waiter, give us clean food, please. Please, don't be doing any trash to the stuff we order. In that case, sir,

Heads together. I tell the waiter, give us clean food, please. Please, don't be doing any trash to the stuff we order. In that case, sir,

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: God should be able to wink that good. Like somebody taking your picture. Give me joy. Give me fun. Give me love.Flash.

God should be able to wink that good. Like somebody taking your picture. Give me joy. Give me fun. Give me love.
Flash.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: you're doomed at being you.

you're doomed at being you.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: The only person we'll hate more than each other is ourselves.

The only person we'll hate more than each other is ourselves.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: So why do you want to die so bad?

So why do you want to die so bad?

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Maybe we should always assume the worst.

Maybe we should always assume the worst.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: For the most part my friends can always be more entertaining than the tube ever can be.

For the most part my friends can always be more entertaining than the tube ever can be.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: At the age of 31, I realized, 'Oh my God, I may die like everyone else.'

At the age of 31, I realized, 'Oh my God, I may die like everyone else.'

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: I am Joe's Complete Lack of Surprise.

I am Joe's Complete Lack of Surprise.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: When you just cannot stop working. When completing this one project is all you can imagine.

When you just cannot stop working. When completing this one project is all you can imagine.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: In the outside world, he told me, there was no real silence.

In the outside world, he told me, there was no real silence.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: It's not love or anything, but I think I like you, too.

It's not love or anything, but I think I like you, too.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Power, money, food, sex, love. Can we ever get enough, or will getting some make us crave even more?

Power, money, food, sex, love. Can we ever get enough, or will getting some make us crave even more?

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?

Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: When we remember someone as a drunk, a liar, a bully, we're only creating an excuse for our own poor behavior.

When we remember someone as a drunk, a liar, a bully, we're only creating an excuse for our own poor behavior.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: These dudes, clutching their little gifts, for them today is their kind-of-honeymoon.

These dudes, clutching their little gifts, for them today is their kind-of-honeymoon.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: These are Tyler's words coming out of my mouth. I am Tyler's mouth. I am Tyler's hands.

These are Tyler's words coming out of my mouth. I am Tyler's mouth. I am Tyler's hands.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: The crap and the trash of the world. Post-consumer human butt wipe that no one would ever go to the trouble to recycle.

The crap and the trash of the world. Post-consumer human butt wipe that no one would ever go to the trouble to recycle.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: The future had a way of breaking your heart if you expected too much.

The future had a way of breaking your heart if you expected too much.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Now is the autumn of our ennui.

Now is the autumn of our ennui.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: We'll never be as young as we are tonight.

We'll never be as young as we are tonight.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Shoulder. They weigh that much. Tyler's a banquet waiter,

Shoulder. They weigh that much. Tyler's a banquet waiter,

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Inspiration needs disease, injury, madness.

Inspiration needs disease, injury, madness.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Just for the record, she still loves you. She wouldn't bother to torture you if she didn't.

Just for the record, she still loves you. She wouldn't bother to torture you if she didn't.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing.

I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: I figure if Eve could get us into this mess, I could get us out. After all, God really likes to see a go-getter.

I figure if Eve could get us into this mess, I could get us out. After all, God really likes to see a go-getter.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: The murderer, the victim, the witness, each of us thinks our role is the lead.

The murderer, the victim, the witness, each of us thinks our role is the lead.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: It's a fate worse than death to spend eternity in harness, serving as Lilly Hellman's zombie, brought back to life at dinner parties.

It's a fate worse than death to spend eternity in harness, serving as Lilly Hellman's zombie, brought back to life at dinner parties.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: All I do is track a profane route to something (I hope) profound. Like swimming a river of shit for a kiss.

All I do is track a profane route to something (I hope) profound. Like swimming a river of shit for a kiss.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away.

You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Hysteria is impossible without an audience. Panicking by yourself is the same as laughing alone in an empty room. You feel really silly.

Hysteria is impossible without an audience. Panicking by yourself is the same as laughing alone in an empty room. You feel really silly.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: What they don't teach you in art school is how your whole life is about discovering who you already were.

What they don't teach you in art school is how your whole life is about discovering who you already were.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: When you think about it, Johnny Appleseed was a fucking ecological terrorist.

When you think about it, Johnny Appleseed was a fucking ecological terrorist.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Why do the lives of writers seem so ... train-wrecky?

Why do the lives of writers seem so ... train-wrecky?

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: You know how both life and porno movies end. The only difference is life starts with the orgasm.

You know how both life and porno movies end. The only difference is life starts with the orgasm.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: When deep space exploration ramps up, it'll be the corporations that name everything, the IBM Stellar Sphere, the Microsoft Galaxy, Planet Starbucks.

When deep space exploration ramps up, it'll be the corporations that name everything, the IBM Stellar Sphere, the Microsoft Galaxy, Planet Starbucks.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: There is nothing special in the world. nothing magic. just physics.

There is nothing special in the world. nothing magic. just physics.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: How could you ever bring yourself to love so deeply if you truly knew how brief a lifetime could be?

How could you ever bring yourself to love so deeply if you truly knew how brief a lifetime could be?

Chuck Palahniuk quotes: Hey, even the Mona Lisa is falling apart.

Hey, even the Mona Lisa is falling apart.