Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

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

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Inspiring, Effort, Inspire

  "Invisible Monsters". Book by Chuck Palahniuk, September, 1999.

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• Our generation has had no Great Depression, no Great War. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Depression, Spiritual, War

  "Bruise Control". www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2000.

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• Find out what you're afraid of and go live there.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Inspirational, Fear, Taking Action

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• To hell with housework, our top priority has always been between our legs.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Priorities, Legs, Hell

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

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Chuck Palahniuk (2003). “Diary: A Novel”, Doubleday Books

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• Your past is just a story. And once you realize this it has no power over you.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Life, Hard Times, Past

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• The best fights don't occur between strangers. They occur between friends who trust each other.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Fighting, Stranger

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• People don't listen, they just wait for their turn to talk.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  People, Waiting, Turns

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• Until you find something to fight for, you settle for something to fight against.

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  Inspirational, Fighting, Settling

  Chuck Palahniuk (2001). “Choke: A Novel”, Anchor Books

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• You're always haunted by the idea you're wasting your life.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Ideas

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• First your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life.

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  Giving, Parent, Trying

  Chuck Palahniuk (2012). “Invisible Monsters Remix”, p.89, W. W. Norton & Company

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• What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven.

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  Life, People, Expectations

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Damned”, p.6, Random House

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• If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Life, Literature, Want

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• Everything is funnier in retrospect, funnier and prettier and cooler. You can laugh at anything from far enough away.

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  Life, Laughing, Inspire

  Chuck Palahniuk (2004). “Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories”, NY Books

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• You realize you have no control over how you're perceived.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Realizing

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• Maybe self-improvement isn't the answer, maybe self-destruction is the answer.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Self, Answers, Improvement

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• Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home... it's your responsibility to love it, or change it.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Love, Relationship, Boyfriend

  FaceBook post by Chuck Palahniuk from Aug 19, 2013

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• Stop trying to control everything and just let go! LET GO!

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Letting Go, Trying, Hitting Bottom

  "Fight Club". www.imdb.com. 1999.

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• The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

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  Love, Life, Dream

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Invisible Monsters: A Novel”, p.178, W. W. Norton & Company

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• If you flee from the things you fear, there's no resolution.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Resolution, Ifs

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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.

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  Drama, People, Scary

  Chuck Palahniuk (1999). “Survivor: A Novel”, Anchor

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• When you reach the end of your life - trust me, you won't look back and savor the moments you spent alone.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Looks, Trust Me, Moments

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• When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat?

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  Future, Promise, Literature

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Invisible Monsters”, p.103, Random House

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• Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep...wait for the boy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, who holds your hand in front of his friends, who thinks you're just as pretty without makeup on. One who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky his is to have you....The one who turns to his friends and says, 'that's her.'

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  Beautiful, Stars, Lying

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• When you understand, that what you're telling is just a story. It isn't happening anymore. When you realize the story you're telling is just words, when you can just crumble up and throw your past in the trashcan, then we'll figure out who you're going to be.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Past, Stories, Invisible Monsters

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Invisible Monsters: A Novel”, p.61, W. W. Norton & Company

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