Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

Chuck Palahniuk

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

Chuck Palahniuk
(Fight Club, 1996)
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All the effort in the world won't matter if you're not inspired.

Chuck Palahniuk (Diary, 2003)

What we call chaos is just patterns we haven't recognized yet.

Chuck Palahniuk (Survivor, 1999)

Everyone's in their own personal coma.

Chuck Palahniuk (Diary, 2003)

It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.

Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, 1996)

Just for the record, the weather today is partly suspicious with chances of betrayal.

Chuck Palahniuk (Diary, 2003)

What's worse? Hell or nothing?

Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, 1996)

We live and die and anything else is just delusion.

Chuck Palahniuk (Choke, 2001)

You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it's just teeth.

Chuck Palahniuk (Invisible Monsters, 1999)



You're a different human being to everyone you meet.

Chuck Palahniuk (Rant, 2007)

Just for the record, the weather today is calm and sunny, but the air is full of bullshit.

Chuck Palahniuk (Diary, 2003)

Without sacrifice, without death, we would have nothing.

Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, 1996)

Someone bent on suicide won't have much sense of humor left.

Chuck Palahniuk (Survivor, 1999)

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

Chuck Palahniuk (Invisible Monsters, 1999)

Money you don't work to earn, you spend very quickly.

Chuck Palahniuk (Rant, 2007)

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

Chuck Palahniuk (Invisible Monsters, 1999)

This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time.

Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, 1996)

The things you own end up owning you.

Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, 1996)

What you don't understand, you can make mean anything.

Chuck Palahniuk (Diary, 2003)

Honest is how I want to look.  The truth doesn’t glitter and shine.

Chuck Palahniuk (Survivor, 1999)

Chuck Palahniuk

When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat?

Chuck Palahniuk
(Invisible Monsters, 1999)

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

Chuck Palahniuk (Invisible Monsters, 1999)

You will always have some excuse not to live your life.

Chuck Palahniuk (Haunted, 2005)

This was freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.

Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, 1996)

You realize that our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past.

Chuck Palahniuk (Survivor, 1999)

The murderer, the victim, the witness, each of us thinks our role is the lead.

Chuck Palahniuk (Invisible Monsters, 1999)

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

Chuck Palahniuk (Invisible Monsters, 1999)

What bothered Rant was the fake, bullshit nature of everything.

Chuck Palahniuk (Rant, 2007)

Our real discoveries come from chaos.

Chuck Palahniuk (Invisible Monsters, 1999)

A good story should make you laugh, and a moment later break your heart.

Chuck Palahniuk (Stranger than Fiction: True Stories, 2004)

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Chuck Palahniuk Biography

Born: February 21, 1962

Chuck Palahniuk is an American author. He is most widely known for his award-winning book, "Fight Club". Which later was made into a very successful film.

Notable Works

Fight Club (1996)
Survivor (1999)
Invisible Monsters (1999)
Choke (2001)
Lullaby (2002)
Diary (2003)
Haunted (2005)
Rant (2007)
Pygmy (2009)
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