Chuck Palahniuk quotes

Chuck Palahniuk is an American novelist and journalist, best known for his transgressive fiction. His novel "Fight Club" became a cult classic and inspired a major motion picture. He often explores themes of identity, masculinity, and society's darker side. Here are 729 of his quotes:

If you don't know what you want," the doorman said, "you end up with a lot you don't. (Chuck Palahniuk)
We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. View quote
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People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messed cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown. View quote
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First your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life. View quote
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The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person. View quote
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The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up. View quote
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Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education. View quote
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The lower you fall, the higher you'll fly. View quote
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All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring. View quote
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When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves. View quote
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The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open. (Chuck Palahniuk)
A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection. View quote
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Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct. View quote
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Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken! View quote
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People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone. View quote
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When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat? View quote
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Because the only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is the amount of press coverage. View quote
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If I can't be beautiful, I want to be invisible. View quote
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More and more, it feels like I'm doing a really bad impersonation of myself. View quote
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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. View quote
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Being tired isn't the same as being rich, but most times it's close enough. (Chuck Palahniuk)
People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love. View quote
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It happens fast for some people and slow for some, accidents or gravity, but we all end up mutilated. View quote
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Your past is just a story. And once you realize this it has no power over you. View quote
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Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified? View quote
Chuck Palahniuk

Chuck Palahniuk

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Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0
Occupation: American Novelist
Born: February 21, 1962
Quotes count: 729
Wikipedia: Chuck Palahniuk

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