I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

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

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

You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter...

You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter...

Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to...

Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to...

That quest for something pretty. A cheat. A cliche. Flowers and Christmas lights, it's what...

That quest for something pretty. A cheat. A cliche. Flowers and Christmas lights, it's what...

On the other side of the handrail, the hallway's gray marble floor looks as if...

On the other side of the handrail, the hallway's gray marble floor looks as if...

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

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

Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People...

Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People...

As if we can ever imagine the past, future, life on other planets, everything is...

As if we can ever imagine the past, future, life on other planets, everything is...

We are not special. We are not crap or trash, either. We just are. We...

We are not special. We are not crap or trash, either. We just are. We...

When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.

When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.

Nothing is static. Even the Mona Lisa is falling apart. Since fight club, I can...

Nothing is static. Even the Mona Lisa is falling apart. Since fight club, I can...

Sometimes you do something, and you get screwed. Sometimes it's the things you don't do,...

Sometimes you do something, and you get screwed. Sometimes it's the things you don't do,...

Still, it's nice to have one person who knows all your secrets.

Still, it's nice to have one person who knows all your secrets.

You must realize that one day you will die. Until then you are worthless.

You must realize that one day you will die. Until then you are worthless.

In a world where vows are worthless. Where making a pledge means nothing. Where promises...

In a world where vows are worthless. Where making a pledge means nothing. Where promises...

Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and...

Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and...

The idea that I can't share my problems with other people makes me not give...

The idea that I can't share my problems with other people makes me not give...

If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't.

If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't.

If I could wake up in a different place, at a different time, could I...

If I could wake up in a different place, at a different time, could I...

People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions....

People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions....