Saturday, September 01, 2007

Chuck Palahniuk (Quotes from Fight Club)

It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.

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If you woke up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?

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On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.

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Losing all hope was freedom.

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Marla Singer, she's like the scratch on the roof of your mouth that would heal if you just stop tonguing it but you can't.

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Marla’s philosophy of life is that she might die at any moment, the tragedy she said is that she didn’t.

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No fear, no distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter, truly slide.

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Now, a question of etiquette; as I pass, do I give you the ass or the crotch?

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I say stop being perfect, I say let's evolve, and let the chips fall where they may.

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The things you own, they end up owning you.

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Self-improvement is masturbation. Now self-destruction..

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Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.

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First you have to give up, first you have to know, not fear; know that someday you're gonna die.

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The first soap was made from the ashes of heroes, like the first monkey shot into space! Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing.

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Stop trying to control everything and just let go.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have these quotes by-hearted.. Man, that guy makes hell lotta sense..

The New Age Superhero said...

its a sexy movie.. as soon as i get that fuckin cheque i intend to buy all his books!