Chuck Palahniuk quotes - page 15

I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing. (Chuck Palahniuk)
That's why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can't control life, at least you can control your version. View quote
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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. View quote
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Only after disaster can we be resurrected. View quote
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And the more she could imagine this island, the less she liked the real world. The more she could imagine the people, the less she liked any real people. View quote
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Give me lust, baby. Flash. Give me malice. Flash. Give me detached existentialist ennui. Flash. Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism. Flash. View quote
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How can you possibly believe he really loves you?” Miss Sneezy looks from the Mother to the Saint to Mr. Whittier's hand."You have no choice,” Mr. Whittier tells her. "If you need to be loved. View quote
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Everything you see is based on fact of a event thats already happen, Even light only travels so fast. View quote
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I can become someone else, not out of pressure and desperation, but merely because a new life sounds fun or interesting or joyful. View quote
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I disconnect the telephone to keep the outside world in it's correct place. View quote
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You must realize that one day you will die. Until then you are worthless. (Chuck Palahniuk)
Today is the sort of day where the sun only comes up to humiliate you. View quote
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Imagine how you'd feel if your whole life turned into a job you couldn't stand. View quote
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The weather today is partly angry, leading to resignation and ultimatums. View quote
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Just for the record, the weather today is increasing turmoil with a possible physical and emotional breakdown. View quote
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Nothing happened, and nothing kept happening. View quote
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Oh love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me. I'll be anybody you want me to be. View quote
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What would Tyler Durden do? View quote
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Beginning with Santa in infancy, and ending with the Tooth Fairy as the child acquires adult teeth. Or, plainly put, beginning with all the possibility of childhood, and ending with an absolute trust in the national currency. View quote
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This is the biggest mistake I could think would save me. I wanted to give up the idea that I had any control. Shake things up. To be saved by chaos. To see if I could cope, I wanted to force myself to grow again. To explode my comfort zone. View quote
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Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. (Chuck Palahniuk)
Six hundred and forty fish later, the only thing I know is everything you love will die. The first time you meet someone special, you can count on them one day being dead and in the ground. View quote
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These days, most of the people you hear laughing are dead. View quote
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For this moment, nothing matters. Look up into the stars and you're gone. View quote
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Anything pretty,' Claire will tell you, 'it's only for sale because no one wants it. View quote
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