Hope is a really, really bad habit, like smoking cigarettes or fingernail biting. Hope is something really tough and tenacious you have to give up. It’s an addiction to break.

— Damned - Chuck Palahniuk (via acuriouspisces)

There will be mistakes, and maybe the point is not to forget the rest of yourself if one little part might go bad.

— Chuck Palahniuk (via chandlergates)

‘It’s not love or anything,’ Marla shouts, ‘but I think I like you, too.’
One minute.
Marla likes Tyler.
‘No, I like you,’ Marla shouts. ‘I know the difference.’

—

Chuck Palahniuk. Fight Club. p.205

(via annualreadinglist)

People fall so in love with their pain, they can’t leave it behind. The same as the stories they tell. We trap ourselves.

— Chuck Palahniuk (via sailes)

Most times, it’s just a lot easier not to let the world know what’s wrong.

— Chuck Palahniuk (Invisible Monsters)

Your birth is a mistake you’ll spend your whole life trying to correct

— Chuck Palahniuk - Invisible Monsters

Old George Orwell got it backward.
Big Brother isn’t watching. He’s singing and dancing. He’s pulling rabbits out of a hat. Big Brother’s holding your attention every moment you’re awake. He’s making sure you’re always distracted. He’s making sure you’re fully absorbed. He’s making sure your imagination withers. Until it’s as useful as your appendix. He’s making sure your attention is always filled.
And this being fed, it’s worse than being watched. With the world always filling you, no one has to worry about what’s in your mind. With everyone’s imagination atrophied, no one will ever be a threat to the world.

— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby 

I wanted the everyday reassurance of being mutilated.

— Invisible Monsters, Chuck Palahniuk

All the effort in the world won’t matter if you’re not inspired.

— Diary, Chuck Palahniuk

A lot of times you think you love someone when you’re really just using them. This only looks like love

— Chuck Palahniuk