Quotes from Chuck Palahniuk

We're the culture that cried wolf.

En la historia edípica moderna, es la madre la que mata al padre y se lleva al hijo. Y uno no se puede divorciar de su madre. Ni matarla.

Only when we eat up this planet will God give us another. We'll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create.

Um momento é o máximo que se pode esperar da perfeição.

EÄŸer ne istediÄŸini bilmezsen diyor kap?c?, bir bakars?n istemediÄŸin bir sürü ÅŸeyin olmuÅŸ.

The only thing that makes earth feel like Hell, or Hell feel like Hell, is our expectation that it ought to feel like Heaven.

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everybody I've ever known.

You know, Manus sniffs and wipes the back of his hand under his nose. I'm high right now so it's okay if I tell you this. Manus looks at Brandy bent over him and me crouched in the dirt. First, Manus says, your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life.

if i can't be beautiful, i want to be invisible

O auto-aperfeiçoamento talvez não seja a solução (...) a solução talvez seja a autodestruição.

We've spent so much time judging what other people created that we've created very, very little of our own." Out

We don't live in the real world anymore," she said. "We live in a world of symbols.

Where would Jesus be if no one had written the gospels? Four minutes. I tongue the gun barrel into my cheek and say, you want to be a legend, Tyler, man, I'll make you a legend. I've been here from the beginning. I remember everything.

Every day: Wear sunblock. Cover your gray. Don't go insane. Eat less fats and sugars. Do more sit-ups. Don't start forgetting stuff. Trim the hair in your ears. Take calcium. Moisturize. Every day. Freeze time to stay in one place forever. Do not get frigging old. She

Me, I'm six years old, again, and taking messages back and forth between my estranged parents. I hated this when I was six. I hate it now.

It seemed that moment would last forever. That you had to risk your life to get love. You had to get right to the edge of death to ever be saved.

your past is just a story. and once you realize this, it has no power over you

The key to a fertile imagination is filling your mind with bullshit.

Hiçbir zaman tamamlanmam?? olay?m, ne olur. Hiçbir zaman halimden memnun olmayay?m. Hiçbir zaman kusursuz olmayay?m. Kurtar beni, Tyler, kusursuz ve tamamlanm?? olmaktan kurtar.

The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

The first step is to admit you're powerless. You have an addiction, and you can't stop. The first step is to tell your story, all the worst parts. Your lowest lows. The

You've never seen a crucifix with a Jesus who wasn't almost naked. You've never seen a fat Jesus. Or a Jesus with body hair. Every crucifix you've ever seen, Jesus could be shirtless and modeling designer jeans or men's cologne.

And it's funny how when somebody saves you, the first thing you want to do is save other people. All other people. Everybody. The kid never knew the man's name. But he never forgot that smile. "Hero" isn't the right word, but it's the first word that comes to mind.

For sure, even the worst blow job is better than, say, sniffing the best rose . . . watching the greatest sunset. Hearing children laugh. I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a hot-gushing, butt-cramping, gut-hosing orgasm. Painting a picture, composing an opera, that's just something you do until you find the next willing piece of ass.