Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

You will always have some excuse not to live your life.

"If you don't know what you want," the doorman said, "you end up with a lot you don't."

We come from a generation of people who need their TV or stereo playing all the time. These people so scared of silence. These soundaholics, these quietophobics.

Just for the record, the weather today is calm and sunny, but the air is full of bullshit.

"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 truth is, every son raised by a single mom is pretty much born married. I don't know, but until your mom dies it seems like all the other women in your life can never be more than just your mistress.

You have to give up! you have to give up!
You have to realize that someday you will die,
Until you know that, you are useless!

Give me lust, baby.
Flash.
Give me malice.
Flash.
Give me detached existentialist ennui.
Flash.
Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.
Flash.

You can't unfuck a kid. Once you fuck a kid, you can't get that genie back in the bottle.

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 ran. I ran until my muscles burned and my veins pumped battery acid. Then I ran some more.

No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.

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

Big Brother isn’t watching. He’s singing and dancing. He’s pulling rabbits out of a hat. Big Brother’s busy holding your attention every moment you’re awake. He’s making sure you’re always distracted. He’s making sure you’re fully absorbed.

Are these things really better than the things I already have? Or am I just trained to be dissatisfied with what I have now?