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Chuck Palahniuk

One minute was enough, Tyler said, a person had to work hard for it, but a minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection. You wake up, and that’s enough. ― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club. (W. W. Norton August 17, 1996)

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Chuck Palahniuk

Only after disaster can we be resurrected. It’s only after you’ve lost everything that you’re free to do anything. Nothing is static, everything is evolving, everything is falling apart.  —  Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club. Publisher: W. W. Norton (October 17, 2005)

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Chuck Palahniuk

I see in the fight club the strongest and smartest men who’ve ever lived. I see all this potential and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables, slaves with white collars, advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t… Continue reading Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk

When we die, these are the stories still on our lips. The stories we’ll only tell strangers, someplace private in the padded cell of midnight. These important stories, we rehearse them for years in our head but never tell. These stories are ghosts, bringing people back from the dead. Just for a moment. For a… Continue reading Chuck Palahniuk

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