Quotes from Chuck Palahniuk

The only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is press coverage.

The magic of sex is itís acquisition without the burden of possessions. No matter how many women you take home, thereís no storage problem.

I just don't want to die without a few scars.

You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. Every time you don't throw yourself down the stairs, that's a choice. Every time you don't crash your car, you re-enlist.

My first time I jacked off, I thought I'd invented it. I looked down at my sloppy handful of junk and thought, This is going to make me rich.

The things you own end up owning you. It's only after you lose everything that you're free to do anything.

You are not special. You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We're all part of the same compost heap. We're all singing, all dancing crap of the world.

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

It's not love or anything, but I think I like you, too.

If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.

I hate how I don't feel real enough unless people are watching.

The best way is not to fight it, just go. Don't be trying all the time to fix things. What you run from only stays with you longer. When you fight something, you only make it stronger.

You are not a beautiful, unique snowflake... This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time.

I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing.

Here in your mind you have complete privacy. Here there's no difference between what is and what could be.

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

You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it's just teeth.

It's all mirror, mirror on the wall because beauty is power the same way money is power the same way a gun is power.

We'll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create.

What we don't understand we can make mean anything.

The idea that I can't share my problems with other people makes me not give a shit about their problems.

I don't want to die without any scars.

All the effort in the world won't matter if you're not inspired.

It's only in drugs or death we'll see anything new, and death is just too controlling.