It sounds trite, but only because words make everything true sound trite. Because words always screw up what you're trying to say.

Chuck Palahniuk
Some Similar Quotes
  1. All words are pegs to hang ideas on. - Henry Ward Beecher

  2. A word is not the same with one writer as it is with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket. - Anonymous

  3. No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake.... - Alexander Trocchi

  4. Strong words outlast the paper they are written upon. - Joseph Bruchac

  5. A new word. Bright with possibilities. A flawless pearl to turn over and over in my hand, then put away for safekeeping. - Jennifer Donnelly

More Quotes By Chuck Palahniuk
  1. The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

  2. 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.

  3. You know how they say you only hurt the ones you love? Well, it works both ways.

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

  5. 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.

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