Quotes by Chuck Palahniuk

“Johnny Appleseed was a fucking biological terrorist.”

“Some people still think knowledge is power.”

“Because the only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is the amount of press coverage.”

“Amphetamines are the most American drug. You get so much done. You look terrific, and your middle name is Accomplishment”

“A house full of condiments and no real food.”

“Disaster is a natural part of my evolution. Toward tragedy and dissolution.”

“Even the Mona Lisa is falling apart.”

“You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else, and we are all part of the same compost pile.”

“Marla tells me how in the wild you dont see old animals because as soon as they age, animals die. If they get sick or slow down, something stronger kills them. Animals arent meant to get old. Marla lies down on her bed and undoes the tie on her bathrobe, and says our culture has made death something wrong. Old animals should be an unnatural exception. Freaks.”

“If the prodigal son had never left home, the fatted calf would still be alive.”

“Funerals are all abstract ceremony.”

“We, each of us, can take control of the world.”

“It seemed that moment would last forever. That you had to risk your life to get love. You had to get right to the edge to ever be saved.”

“So if you think this is going to save you... If you think anything is going to save you... Consider this your final warning.”

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

“Our culture has made us all the same. No one is truly white or black or rich, anymore. We all want the same. Individually, we are nothing.”

“What you have to consider, is the possibility that God doesnt like you. Could be, God hates us. This is not the worst thing that can happen.”

“Without just one nestA bird can call the world homeLife is your career”

“If youre male and youre Christian and living in America, your father is your model for God. And if you never know your father, if your father bails out or dies or is never at home, what do you believe about God?”

“A tiger can smileA snake will say it loves youLies make us evil”