Chuck Palahniuk is an American author, of European descent, born on February 21st 1962 and is best known for his satirical horror, realism and what he calls ‘transgressional fiction’. His most famous novel to date is Fight Club, due mostly to the popularity of the movie, but his books have contained some wise words.
If you like Palahniuk then you’re sure to love these quotes, each one is linked to the book it appears in. If you’ve never heard of him then these quotations may just inspire you to try a new author!
It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.
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We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.
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Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I’ve ever known.
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The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.
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This is your life and its ending one moment at a time.
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You realize that our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past.
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If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character…Would you slow down? Or speed up?
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At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.
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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.
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There were some fantastic quotes to choose from and I could have probably made this blog forty quotes long and still be finding interesting stuff! Definitely an author worth checking out.
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