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All the effort in the world won't matter if you're not inspired.

All the effort in the world won't matter if you're not inspired.

Chuck Palahniuk
Inspirational Life, Effort, World
Chuck Palahniuk (2003). “Diary: A Novel”, Doubleday Books

May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect.

Chuck Palahniuk
Inspiring, Perfect, May
Read Mercer Schuchardt, Chuck Palahniuk (2008). “You do not talk about Fight Club: I am Jack's completely unauthorized essay collection”, Benbella Books

Maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.

Chuck Palahniuk
Fight Club Book, Break, Something Better
Read Mercer Schuchardt, Chuck Palahniuk (2008). “You do not talk about Fight Club: I am Jack's completely unauthorized essay collection”, Benbella Books

We've spent so much time judging what other people created that we've created very, very little of our own.

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

Every woman is just a different kind of problem.

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

The first step - especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money - the first step to controlling your world is to control your culture. To model and demonstrate the kind of world you demand to live in. To write the books. Make the music. Shoot the films. Paint the art.

Chuck Palahniuk
Music, Art, Book
Closing remarks at an eClass forum in Barnes & Noble University, December 05, 2004.

You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. Buy the sofa, then for a couple years you're satisfied that no matter what goes wrong, at least you've got your sofa issue handled. Then the right set of dishes. Then the perfect bed. The drapes. The rug. Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you.

Chuck Palahniuk
Couple, Years, Issues
Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Fight Club”, p.44, Random House

Carl Jung called this his shadow work. He said we never see others. Instead we see only aspects of ourselves that fall over them. Shadows. Projections. Our associations.

Chuck Palahniuk
Fall, Shadow Work, Association
Chuck Palahniuk (2003). “Diary: A Novel”, Doubleday Books

In a world where billions believe their deity conceived a mortal child with a virgin human, it's stunning how little imagination most people display.

Chuck Palahniuk
Children, Believe, Imagination
"Rant". Book by Chuck Palahniuk, May 1, 2007.

This was freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.

Chuck Palahniuk
Losing, Fight Club Book, Fight Club Novel
Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Fight Club”, p.22, Random House

If You Don’t Claim Your Humanity, You Will Become A Statistic.

Chuck Palahniuk
Humanity, Claims, Quitting Your Job
"Fictional character: Tyler Durden". "Fight Club", www.imdb.com. 1999.

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?

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

If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.

Chuck Palahniuk
Love, Funny, Broken Heart

Your heart is my piñata.

Chuck Palahniuk
Love, Fun, Heart
Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Invisible Monsters: A Novel”, p.171, W. W. Norton & Company

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

Chuck Palahniuk
Death, Wisdom, Zero
Read Mercer Schuchardt, Chuck Palahniuk (2008). “You do not talk about Fight Club: I am Jack's completely unauthorized essay collection”, Benbella Books

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?

Chuck Palahniuk
Change, Death, Character

If you're going to read this, don't bother.

Chuck Palahniuk
Bother, Ifs
"Choke". Book by Chuck Palahniuk, 2001.

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.

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

We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it's our job to invent something better.

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

The only thing that separates us from the animals... is we have pornography.

Chuck Palahniuk
Animal, Choke, Magnolias
"Choke". Book by Chuck Palahniuk, 2001.

Every masterpiece is just dirt and ash put together in some perfect way.

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

You gain power by pretending to be weak.

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

This is your life and its ending one moment at a time.

Chuck Palahniuk
Inspirational, Life, Moments
"First rule of Fight Club: no one talks about the quality of the writing" by Sam Jordison, www.theguardian.com. December 20, 2016.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

Chuck Palahniuk
Perspective, Perception, Looks
Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Lullaby”, p.21, Random House

Because nothing is as good as you can imagine it. No one is as beautiful as she is in your head. Nothing is as exciting as your fantasy.

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

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