Quotes From "Snuff" By Chuck Palahniuk

It can only take a moment to waste the rest...
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It can only take a moment to waste the rest of your life. Chuck Palahniuk
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The religious school she went to, growing up, Ms. Wright said how all the girls had to wear a scarf tied to cover their ears at all times. Based on the biblical idea that the Virgin Mary became pregnant when the Holy Spirit whispered in her ear. The idea that ears were vaginas. That, hearing just one wrong idea, you lost your innocence. One detail too many and you’d be ruined. Overdosed on information. . Chuck Palahniuk
No, whether a woman is a concubine to fuck or...
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No, whether a woman is a concubine to fuck or a damsel to redeem, she's always just some passive object to fulfill a man's purpose. Chuck Palahniuk
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I know that I am a small, weak man, but I have amassed a large library; I dream of dangerous places. Terry Pratchett
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They say that the eyes of some paintings can follow you around the room, a fact that I doubt, but I am wondering whether some music can follow you for ever. Terry Pratchett
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Isn't a kid alive who doesn't dream about rewarding her folks, or punishing them. Chuck Palahniuk
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No, Miss Wright didn't want to meet her kid. To her, that relationship was just as important, just as ideal and impossible as it would be to the child. She'd expect that young man to be perfect, smart, and talented, everything to compensate for all the mistakes that she'd made. The whole wasted, unhappy mess of her life. Chuck Palahniuk
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Goodness is about what you do. Not who you pray to. Terry Pratchett
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He'd heard that writers spent all day in their dressing gowns drinking champagne. This is, of course, absolutely true. Terry Pratchett
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The hated have no reason to love. Terry Pratchett
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She waited with Billy Slick while Carrot went on the errand, and for something to say, she said, ‘Billy Slick doesn’t sound much like a goblin name?’ Billy made a face. ‘Too right! Granny calls me Of the Wind Regretfully Blown. What kind of name is that, I ask you? Who’s going to take you seriously with a name like that? This is modern times, right?’ He looked at her defiantly, and she thought: and so one at a time we all become human — human werewolves, human dwarfs, human trolls.. the melting pot melts in one direction only, and so we make progress. . Terry Pratchett
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After all, people seemed quite easy about having their rights and liberties taken away by those they looked up to, but somehow a space on the perch was a slap in the face, and treated as such. Terry Pratchett
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Could I please amend that suggestion? Could you not be there in the second darkest shadow one hour before midnight, to see who steps into the darkest shadow? Terry Pratchett
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Little crimes breed big crimes. You smile at little crimes and then big crimes blow your head off. Terry Pratchett
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Fathers. Mothers. With all their caring and attention. They will f--- you up, every time. Chuck Palahniuk
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During the Cold War of the 1950s, American spies were issued eyeglasses with thick, clunky frames. If captured, they were trained to casually chew the curved earpieces, where fatal doses of cyanide were cast inside the plastic. It's these same horn-rimmed suicide glasses, the wrangler says, that inspired the look of Buddy Holly and Elvis Costello. All those young hipsters wearing death on their nose. . Chuck Palahniuk
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… you were so worried about legal and illegal that you never stopped to think about whether it was right or wrong. Terry Pratchett
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If there were such a thing as an inter-city thieving contest, Ankh-Morpork would bring home the trophy and probably everyone’s wallets. Terry Pratchett
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How hard can writing be? After all, most of the words are going to be 'and, ' 'the, ' and 'I, ' and 'it, ' and so on, and there's a huge number to choose from, so a lot of the work has been done for you. Terry Pratchett