200+ "Chuck Palahniuk" Quotes And Sayings

Born in 1962 in Portland, Oregon, Chuck Palahniuk began writing in high school. He attended Reed College in Portland where he studied anthropology, psychology, and creative writing. His first book, Fight Club, was published in 1996. It is the #1 bestselling book about violence in publishing history and was made into a film by David Fincher in 1999 Read more

Palahniuk also wrote Choke, another bestseller about violence; Survivor; Rant; Snuff; Lullaby; Diary; Lullaby 2: Still Me; Invisible Monsters; Fugitives and Flies on the Butterfl y. In 2005 he wrote Damned, a novel about a father's guilt over his daughter's death from cancer. In 2008 he published two novels for young adults: Fight Club 2 and Doom Generation.

In 2012 he published a memoir called Don't Try This at Home: A Memoir of Blood and Stories.

The one you love and the one who loves you...
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The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person. Chuck Palahniuk
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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. Chuck Palahniuk
You know how they say you only hurt the ones...
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You know how they say you only hurt the ones you love? Well, it works both ways. Chuck Palahniuk
If you love something set it free, but don't be...
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If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes. Chuck Palahniuk
Ok. You fuck me, then snub me. You love me,...
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Ok. You fuck me, then snub me. You love me, you hate me. You show me a sensitive side, then you turn into a total asshole. Is this a pretty accurate description of our relationship. Chuck Palahniuk
No matter how much you think you love somebody, you'll...
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No matter how much you think you love somebody, you'll step back when the pool of their blood edges up too close. Chuck Palahniuk
Six hundred and forty fish later, the only thing I...
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Six hundred and forty fish later, the only thing I know is everything you love will die. The first time you meet someone special, you can count on them one day being dead and in the ground. Chuck Palahniuk
Make me into anything, but just love me.
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Make me into anything, but just love me. Chuck Palahniuk
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I thought we were a real love relationship. I did. I was very invested in love, but it was just this long long sex thing that could end at any moment because after all, it's just about getting off. Almost all the time, you tell yourself you're loving somebody when you're just using them. This only looks like love. Chuck Palahniuk
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Almost all the time, you tell yourself you're loving somebody when you're just using them. This only looks like love. Chuck Palahniuk
No matter how much you love someone, you still want...
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No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way. Chuck Palahniuk
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Just for the record, she still loves you. She wouldn't bother to torture you if she didn't. Chuck Palahniuk
It's easy to cry when you realize that everyone you...
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It's easy to cry when you realize that everyone you love will reject you or die. Chuck Palahniuk
Love is bullshit. Emotion is bullshit. I am a rock....
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Love is bullshit. Emotion is bullshit. I am a rock. A jerk. I'm an uncaring asshole and proud of it. Chuck Palahniuk
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You can’t fool people into loving you. Chuck Palahniuk
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All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring. Chuck Palahniuk
This is your life and its ending one moment at...
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This is your life and its ending one moment at a time. Chuck Palahniuk
You realize that our mistrust of the future makes it...
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You realize that our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past. Chuck Palahniuk
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No matter how careful you are, there's going to be the sense you missed something, the collapsed feeling under your skin that you didn't experience it all. There's that fallen heart feeling that you rushed right through the moments where you should've been paying attention. Well, get used to that feeling. That's how your whole life will feel some day. This is all practice. Chuck Palahniuk
At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and...
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At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves. Chuck Palahniuk