Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

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

"The best way to waste your life is by taking notes. The easiest way to avoid living is to just watch.

All the effort in the world won't matter if you're not inspired.

I used to think the secret to a happy ending was to bring down the curtain at the exact right time. A moment after happiness, then everything's all wrong, again.

"I used to think the secret to a happy ending was to bring down the curtain at the exact right time. A moment after happiness, then everything's all wrong again." p76

The more people die, the more things stay the same.

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

"The difference between how you look and how you see yourself is enough to kill most people. And maybe the reason vampires don’t die is because they can never see themselves in photographs or mirrors." p144

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.

If you could be either God’s worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose?

Why have I sold out? You think I'm supposed to grow old, beating some trite old protest drum that people don't hear anymore? Please; protest is now just a backdrop for a Diesel clothing ad in a slick fashion magazine. My goal is to create a metaphor that changes our reality by charming people into considering their world in a different way. It's time — for me, at least — to be clever and seduce people by entertaining them. I'll never be heard if I'm always ranting and griping.

We should forgive God...

Until you deal with your real personal issues, you'll never be able to control yourself.

Today is the sort of day where the sun only comes up to humiliate you.

What people forget is a journey to nowhere starts with a single step, too.