Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

What I want is to be needed. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody. Who I need is somebody that will eat up all my free time, my ego, my attention. Somebody addicted to me. A mutual addiction.

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

It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

You realize that our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past.

At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.

Your parents are sort of like God. Sure, you love them and want to know they’re still around, but you never really see them unless they want something.

Your handwriting. The way you walk. Which china pattern you choose. It’s all giving you away. Everything you do shows your hand. Everything is a self-portrait. Everything is a diary.

Your birth is a mistake you’ll spend your whole life trying to correct.

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

You have endless ways you can commit suicide without dying dying.

You have a class of young strong men and women, and they want to give their lives to something. Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they don’t need. Generations have been working in jobs they hate, just so they can buy what they don’t really need.

You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or not to be. Every time you don’t throw yourself down the stairs, that’s a choice. Every time you don’t crash your car, you reenlist.