Quotes from Chuck Palahniuk

Love is a skill you learn. Like house-training a dog. Maybe a talent you do or do not build up. Like a muscle. And if you can't learn yourself to love blood family, than you'll never truly love. Not nobody.

A veces haces algo y estas jodido, y otras estás jodido por lo que no haces.

The big question people ask isn't 'What's the nature of existence?' the mouth says. 'The big question people ask is 'What's that from?

Masochism is a valuable job skill. It is in most jobs.

You had a near-life experience, the mechanic says.

Podemos tener suficiente, o conseguir un poco solamente nos hará ansiar más?

They always knew the phase of the moon, but seldom the day of the week.

It's funny, what you remember about a person.

Iti dai ceasul cu o ora inainte. Daca poti sa te trezesti intr-un alt loc. Daca poti sa te trezesti intr-un alt timp. De ce n-ai putea sa te trezesti o cu totul alta persoana?

Every age brought its specific terror. As a boy, Felix had lain awake, afraid the house would burn down. As a youth, he'd dreaded bullies. Later, it was conscription into the army. Or the fear of not learning a trade. Or never finding a wife. After school, his career. After his son was born, he feared everything. His secret dream was to face down such a horror that it would leave him inoculated. He'd never suffer fear of anything, ever again. These

Lo mejor es no oponer resistencia, sino dejarse ir. No te pases la vida intentando arreglar las cosas. Cuando huyes de algo solo consigues que permanezca más tiempo contigo. Cuando luchas contra algo, ese algo se vuelve más fuerte. Dice: —No hagas lo que quieres. Haz lo que no quieres. Haz lo que te han enseñado a no querer. Es lo contrario de perseguir la felicidad. Brandy me dice: —Haz las cosas que te dan más miedo.

People in France have a phrase: Spirit of the Stairway. In French, Esprit d'Escalier. It means that moment when you find the answer but it's too late. Say you're at a party and someone insults you. You have to say something. So, under pressure, with everybody watching, you say something lame. But the moment you leave the party...

Il motivo principale per cui la gente se ne va dai paesini di provincia» diceva sempre Rant, «è perché così poi può sognare di tornarci. E il motivo per cui ci resta è per sognare di andarsene». Con questo Rant voleva dire che nessuno è felice, da nessuna parte

Pero si la realidad no es más que un conjuro, y no quieres realmente lo que crees que quieres... —Acerca su cara a mi cara y dice—: Si no tienes libre albedrío. No sabes qué sabes en realidad. Realmente no amas a quien solamente crees que amas. ¿Qué razones te quedan para vivir?

it's why men marry women and why women have children.

Through people locked together crotch to crotch, face to face, crotch to face, crotch to ass, and ass to face, I dig a pit.

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.

my father for advice he'd tell you, "The secret to being a successful comedian is to never stop talking until you hear someone laugh." Meaning: Persevere. Meaning: Be determined. Make just one person laugh; then leverage that person and that joke into more laughter. As some people decide you're funny, increasing numbers of people will begin to agree.

Lo que en realidad quería era meterle una bala entre ceja y ceja a todos los osos panda en peligro de extinción que no se decidían a follar para salvar su especie.

Conoce esa vieja frase que dice Aquellos que no recuerdan el pasado están condenados a repetirlo? Bueno, creo que aquellos que recuerdan el pasado están peor todavía.

trichloroethane [...] All my extensive testing has shown this to be the best treatment for a dangerous excess of human knowledge

Jump to how life was when you were a baby and you could only eat baby food. You'd stagger over to the coffee table. You're up on your feet and you have to keep waddling along on those Vienna sausage legs or fall down. Then you get to the coffee table and bounce your big soft baby head on the sharp corner. You're down, and man, oh, man, it hurts. Still it isn't anything tragic until Mom and Dad run over. Oh, you poor, brave thing. Only then do you cry.

Ya que no puedo ser hermosa, quiero ser invisible.

Most times, it's just a lot easier not to let the world know what's wrong