Chuck Palahniuk quotes - page 28

One minute was enough, Tyler said, "A person had to work hard for it, but a minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection. (Chuck Palahniuk)
I'm breaking my attachment to physical power and possessions, because only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit. View quote
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Young people want mirrors. Older people want art. View quote
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you can't escape the world, and you're not responsible for how you look, if you look beauticious or butt ugly. you're not responsible for how you feel or what you say or how you act or anything you do. it's all out of your hands. View quote
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Nothing is static. Everything is evolving. Everything is falling apart. View quote
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May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect. Deliver me, Tyler, from being perfect and complete. View quote
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Hitting bottom isn't a weekend retreat, it's not a goddamn seminar. Stop trying to control everything and just let go. Let go. View quote
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Sticks and stones may break your bones, but watch out for those damn words. View quote
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Nothing is static. View quote
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The story is even Bill Wilson, a founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, couldn't overcome the sex monkey on his back, and spent his sober life cheating on his wife and filled with guilt. View quote
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My parents meant well, but the road to Hell is paved with publicity stunts. (Chuck Palahniuk)
You met me at a very strange time in my life. View quote
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Religions exist because people would rather have a wrong answer than no answer at all. View quote
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Rip yourself open. Sew yourself shut. View quote
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Ignorance was bliss. View quote
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You just don't expect to meet dead people. View quote
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You can't be beautiful until you feel beautiful. View quote
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Emotionally, in our minds, we get so filled with resentments where we've got a story about absolutely everything. View quote
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In a way, a lot of my humor comes from presenting things that are dramatic or shocking and then people not having socially appropriate responses, having people denying the drama by failing to react to it, and that's a really classic form of humor. View quote
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There's a moment in every book when the book turns and it surprises me. View quote
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Minimalism seems closest to the sophisticated storytelling of movies. Movies have really educated contemporary audiences to be the most intelligent, sophisticated audiences in history. We don't any longer need to have the relationship between one scene and the next explained. We will figure it out ourselves. (Chuck Palahniuk)
As we grow older I always think, why didn't I do more when I was young, why didn't I risk more? View quote
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There are people out there who will not read books, but somehow they'll read my books. View quote
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I believe in something. But I don't believe that anything can hold a grudge for long enough to condemn its creation to eternal punishment. Nobody can hold a grudge that long, even God. View quote
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I don't do much more than organise other people's ideas and insights and thoughts, and sort of harvest them, and inventory them and present them. View quote
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