People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messed cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.

Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.

You can kill a lifetime without feeling anything but skin.

You can kill a lifetime without feeling anything but skin.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

A skeptic is someone who is frustrated beyond belief.

A skeptic is someone who is frustrated beyond belief.

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...

I love the way you love, but I hate the way I'm supposed to love...

I love the way you love, but I hate the way I'm supposed to love...

Its not that I want to get married. I admire guys who can commit to...

Its not that I want to get married. I admire guys who can commit to...

The cat looks back at me the way dogs and some cars look when people...

The cat looks back at me the way dogs and some cars look when people...

Either a species learns to control its own population, or something like disease, famine, war,...

Either a species learns to control its own population, or something like disease, famine, war,...

Maybe humans are just the pet alligators that God flushed down the toilet.

Maybe humans are just the pet alligators that God flushed down the toilet.

Here in the bathroom with me are razor blades. Here is iodine to drink. Here...

Here in the bathroom with me are razor blades. Here is iodine to drink. Here...

If you could be either God's worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose?

If you could be either God's worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose?

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the...

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the...

I just don't want to die without a few scars.

I just don't want to die without a few scars.

A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could...

A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could...

The magic of sex is its acquisition without the burden of possessions. No matter how...

The magic of sex is its acquisition without the burden of possessions. No matter how...

The lower you fall, the higher you'll fly.

The lower you fall, the higher you'll fly.

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.

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and...

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and...

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to...

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to...

Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the...

Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the...