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

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

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

...no way could I fall in love. I just couldn't go there yet. Settle for less. I didn't want to process through anything. I didn't want to pick up any pieces. Lower my expectations.

Chuck Palahniuk
Falling In Love, Expectations, Pieces
Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Invisible Monsters: A Novel”, p.48, W. W. Norton & Company

No, it's not fair, but what makes Earth feel like Hell is our expectation that it should feel like Heaven. Earth is earth. Dead is dead. You'll find out for yourself soon enough. It won't help the situation for you to get all upset.

Chuck Palahniuk
Soon Enough, Expectations, Heaven

I try to forget about the expectation that's out there and the audience listening for the next thing so that I'm not trying to please them. I've spent a huge amount of time not communicating with those folks and denying that they exist.

Chuck Palahniuk
Expectations, Listening, Trying

With every lecture, you’re forced to look again at every choice you’ve made over the lesson-by-lesson chain of your entire life. And after all these years, you see how little you have to work with, how limited your life and education have been. How scant was your courage and curiosity. Not to mention your expectations.

Chuck Palahniuk
Years, Expectations, Choices
Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Haunted”, p.139, Random House

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